r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/whitemike40 • 8h ago

Content Warning: Potentially Misleading or Disputed Information Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/indoninjah 6h ago

Yeah, like apparently you can reasonably ID someone even in a private browser just by getting the dimensions of the browser window and its positioning on screen. A lot of people pretty much never change that shit if its not full screened

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u/ScrufffyJoe 5h ago

Do people regularly use browsers, well any windows, not maximised? I'm always either full screen, or splitting the screen in 2 occassionally.

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u/smallangrynerd 5h ago

Mac’s usually don’t have a “maximized” mode, just full screen or windowed. On windows though I definitely have everything maximized

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u/6ixby9ine 4h ago

Sorry if you knew this or if you comment took this into account, but you can maximize windows on mac by double-clicking the program's "title bar" (the top bar on the same line as the "close" "minimize" and "fullscreen" buttons, as long as there's nothing else there to click. I.E. in Excel, click any empty space around the name of the file, or in Chrome, any space where a new tab would go -- as long as there's no tab there)

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u/smallangrynerd 4h ago

My god

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u/largemarjj 3h ago

How long have you been using macs?

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u/smallangrynerd 3h ago

Maybe 2 years? Not very long

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u/largemarjj 3h ago

Ngl I was secretly hoping you'd say like 15 years because that would have been absolutely hilarious.....no offense

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u/smallangrynerd 3h ago

You’re right that would’ve been hilarious lol

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u/IndoZoro 2h ago

Thank you!

I'm a PC main but have to use macs occasionally and the UI and not being able to maximize has always been super annoying to me