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DavidS - Feb 11, 2010 9:36:51 am PST #12787 of 25505
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm on a Mac.

But View Full Screen worked.

Counter intuitive since I associate that with embiggening the object viewed, and I wanted it smaller. Like, you know, Video - Half Size.

Anyway, but that did the trick. Thank you.


tommyrot - Feb 11, 2010 9:39:44 am PST #12788 of 25505
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Cool. 'Cept now I'm wondering - how do you resize a window like Hec's on a Mac if you don't want to maximize it?

eta: Until someone who knows what they're talking about pipes in, my theory is "that's not supposed to happen", and maybe someone else had that Excel file open in a system with a bigger monitor, and it's remembering the size it was last opened to.


Gris - Feb 11, 2010 10:19:04 am PST #12789 of 25505
Hey. New board.

"Maximize" on a Mac just means "grow it big". It's not a separate state, like on Windows. So you can push the "Maximize" button, then resize back down to whatever you want.

I've never found a command to move/resize a window by keyboard, though it probably exists.


le nubian - Feb 11, 2010 10:26:38 am PST #12790 of 25505
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Google Buzz is a PITA. I am posting a couple of warnings to people here.

1) If you have a public google profile (which I do not), it is possible that all of your contacts will be exposed to the world. Here is an article more about the issue and what to do:

[link]

2) If you use google reader, apparently Google Buzz sent an invitation to select people on your gmail contacts list requesting that you follow them. In my case, 2 of the entries on the list were from a friend who died last year, so thanks for dredging up bad memories, Google!

Here is a link to unfollow people who google asked to follow.

[link]


Zenkitty - Feb 11, 2010 10:27:56 am PST #12791 of 25505
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Good to know that I have still no reason to release my grudge against Google.


DavidS - Feb 11, 2010 11:12:28 am PST #12792 of 25505
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

and maybe someone else had that Excel file open in a system with a bigger monitor, and it's remembering the size it was last opened to.

That's exactly what happened.


Liese S. - Feb 11, 2010 3:09:02 pm PST #12793 of 25505
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I am having serious DRM problems with Napster. Although the very act of typing that made me realize one more troubleshooting step I could take. Hmm.


DCJensen - Feb 12, 2010 9:24:51 am PST #12794 of 25505
All is well that ends in pizza.

Fifty AG13 button batteries don't take up much space, do they?

I am looking at my recently delivered stash and they all fit on a 3x6 molded plastic tray.

Not bad for $3.80 including free shipping.


Tom Scola - Feb 12, 2010 11:00:22 am PST #12795 of 25505
hwæt

So Google Buzz is starting to look like a huge clusterfuck.


megan walker - Feb 12, 2010 11:00:39 am PST #12796 of 25505
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Starting?