[HN Gopher] Fullscreen apps above the MacBook notch
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Fullscreen apps above the MacBook notch
Author : alin23
Score : 29 points
Date : 2023-04-12 20:12 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| ThorsBane wrote:
| My 16" MBP would be a perfect device if they could either put the
| webcam/sensor array behind the glass or just get rid of it. If I
| want to FaceTime I can use an iPad or iPhone as a peripheral
| attachment. At this point, virtually perfect hardware is being
| ruined by a notch. :( It's a reminder every time that there are
| still design limitations to overcome and engineering feats to be
| achieved for the next 1,000 years. 8D
| asddubs wrote:
| well, at least you've given a very generous timespan for them
| to resolve it
| EthicalSimilar wrote:
| I imagine this will come to iPhone first, then MacBook's (maybe
| limited to the Pro's?) a year or two later.
| lannisterstark wrote:
| I've actually been debating getting a 14 MBP M1 for about $1500
| on open box stores etc (woot), or on sale or what not but cannot
| justify spending 1.5k on a laptop lol.
|
| I have a desktop and a Thinkpad T430 if I need to go somewhere.
| Also have a tablet and such. I definitely do need a "better"
| laptop but my justification is that I'm not outside the house
| often enough for me to buy the MBP.
|
| Which, realistically, is true. I'm not.
|
| On the other hand, shiny fast device lol.
| acedTrex wrote:
| I spent 3.4k on my m1 64gb and tbh its some of the best money
| ive ever spent
| EthicalSimilar wrote:
| A client of mine has just issued me an M2 MBP as a bonus, and
| wow. Night and day difference to my previous i9 MBP.
|
| The battery on this is incredible - not to mention my limbs
| no longer get burnt.
| prawn wrote:
| On the old ones, my fan used to run constantly at full
| power.
|
| Now, my external platter drives make more noise than the
| laptop.
| prawn wrote:
| I use mine 10+ hours a day as the primary tool in the work I
| do and enjoy it a lot. It's a bargain to me. Everything works
| and the OS stays out of my way so can completely focus on the
| primary apps I use. I remember the early years of work with a
| computer, dealing with drivers and networking and huge CRT
| displays and other drama. It's very rare that I notice or
| think about the notch, and I never use the camera.
| glhaynes wrote:
| If you're price-sensitive and not already doing so, include the
| M2 MBA (or, hell, even the M1 MBA) in your calculations. Great
| machines, way more than sufficient for most. Though there are
| some nice, fun luxury (again, for most) features on the MBPs,
| too.
| adam_arthur wrote:
| I've been looking on and off for a way to do this for years.
|
| Surprised more people aren't bothered by not being able to use
| the space next to the notch... it's not even consistent with the
| iPhone which does allow rendering apps around the notch.
| duxup wrote:
| Not to say you can't be bothered, but I look at it this way.
| I'm honestly only really looking at a small amount of my screen
| at a time.... I suspect I use that space very little.
| josephd79 wrote:
| Same. I just use topnotch and hide it. At first it bothered
| me but I'm used to it now.
| adam_arthur wrote:
| So why ever get a larger screen?
|
| Maybe you feel that way, but it's not a commonly shared
| belief. There is a marginal value to having additional screen
| space, and its silly to block use of it via software gates.
| dilap wrote:
| I basically never do full screen, so for that reason I'm not
| bothered. (In fact, now I'm _less_ bothered, since I somehow no
| longer feel like the menu bar is "wasting" space.)
| hombre_fatal wrote:
| Yeah.
|
| Modern videos are so wide that a little extra vertical space
| barely enlarges the video if at all.
|
| Games usually can't use the space since the notch covers
| their UI.
|
| For me it's just free space for the menubar.
| adam_arthur wrote:
| I never use the "fullscreen" mode either, and don't
| understand the point of it. But you don't ever have a window
| that spans the full vertical space of the screen?
|
| You can hide the menu bar and have it only appear on
| mouseover, thus not wasting space. Except on non-notch Macs
| you can place windows where the menu bar used to be, and on
| notched Macs you can't
| ProfessorLayton wrote:
| Just got an M2 MBA and it's such a fantastic upgrade from my old
| intel MBP, but the notch is a bit more distracting than I'd like.
| It's awkwardly large, and the corner rounding is a lot worse than
| the notched iPhones imo.
|
| Its saving grace is that the screen is 16:10, and all pixels
| where the notch lives are bonus pixels, so it's still a net win
| in usable screen space vs 16:9 laptops.
|
| Still, this is a nice workaround!
| legohead wrote:
| Enjoying the M2 16" as well. I thought I'd hate the notch, but
| I don't really notice it most of the time because that's where
| the top toolbar thing is.
|
| The keyboard feels great. The past 2 (work) laptops I had to
| turn in because the battery swelled and messed up the keys.
| They got rid of the dumb LED bar, and magsafe is back. I'm more
| of a fan of the (previous) fat left/right arrow keys though.
| [deleted]
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