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Bug 323797 - evince should start maximized when a per-document size is not set
evince should start maximized when a per-document size is not set
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evince
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evince Maintainers
Evince Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-12-11 16:12 UTC by Jean-François Fortin Tam
Modified: 2005-12-29 22:09 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14



Description Jean-François Fortin Tam 2005-12-11 16:12:16 UTC
Distribution/Version: ubuntu dapper drake

Rationale: Jeff has a 19" 1280x1024 LCD monitor. When he wants to read text, he
likes to be actually able to read it at maximum size, taking the whole screen
(because you are supposedly not doing anything else meanwhile).

Currently, he has to manually maximize each document he opens, and finds that
very annoying. Besides, having the document automatically maximized has some
other usability benefits :
- it does not cram itself in the upper-left corner of the screen if other
windows are open
- the scrollbar on the right gets easier to use, because you can ram your mouse
on the right screen edge and hit the scrollbar very easily.

Please see these two screenshots. The first one represents the default space
used by epiphany to display PDFs.
http://img499.imageshack.us/my.php?image=evinceistoosmall3yg.png

The second represents the space that could be "put to profit" and allows much
easier reading.
http://img499.imageshack.us/my.php?image=evinceisbetter1hs.png
Comment 1 Nickolay V. Shmyrev 2005-12-29 16:35:31 UTC
Should be fixed in CVS. If your Jeff will maximize some document, other new documents will start maximized also.
Comment 2 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2005-12-29 22:09:22 UTC
Good to hear, thanks for your concern ;) I'm looking forward to try the next release!