megazoomer0.4.1

This current version is out of date and will not work with Snow Leopard. I tracked down a later version. Download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?lonjelmnlvy

If you don't mind installing SIMBL (I know some folks who'd rather not take the chance), then Megazoomer is a wonderful SIMBL plugin. Press Command-Enter to make the front-most window really full-screen, hiding the menubar as well. It works only with Cocoa apps. I did install the latest SIMBL, and then I installed Megazoomer (downloaded the latest version from the developer's Web site), and it works fine on my OS X 10.6.7. Finally I can see Scrivener's corkboard in actual full-screen. If you don't want to install SIMBL, though, but would like to dim the menubar, you should check out a great little app called Menu Eclipse. I got it from the Mac App Store, and I use it when I prefer to only dim the menubar instead of hiding it. If you're into distraction-free environment, also check out HazeOver: a relative newcomer, it elegantly highlights the foreground window, while dimming other windows in the background (kinda like a more veteran app called Isolator).

Awesome tool, finally Safari in fullscreen! I love it! I did not experience any bugs (Adobe Indesign doesn't work, but it doesn't need to work - it has a fullscreen feature inside). Thanks!

By downloading the megazoomer (and maybe by forgetting to close skype application) my Mac is blocked :( I can't shut it down! and while I am trying to delete the megazoomer, from trash or from downloads or applications folder it shows a code error-61! I can't neither delete skype! Windows with deleting progress are showing up, but not progress in deletion. please advise how to solve this problem?!!! anyone clues?

Doesn't work on Leopard! 10.5.1 on a 2.16 gHz Macbook with all the latest upgrades. Please make it work (if possible)! I miss it!

I would love it if I could press Command-Enter (on numerical keyboard) as well. I.e. not only Return key on the qwerty keuboard. Otherwise, nice application! Thanks!

This product is the main source of trouble for AppleScript Error... I hope the developer can resolve the problem as I like this program very much till it clashes with other programs.

This app COULD be cool if it hadn't so many bugs especially when using it in Safari. If you use this app and try to use tabs graphical glitches appear very, very often!:/

Works ok, but display glitches when using Terminall.app leaves sections of the screen un-rendered on my TiBook (1280x854).

Wow, this is pretty godly, especially if you're on a laptop. It lets me fully view documents that don't scale well in preview or maximize my screen space in camino. It also switches modes nicely and retains the functionality of the menu bar. It does disable the dock though, but typically if you're using it you'd command+tab or else you'd need to un-fullscreen in order to open a new app anyway. However, this in addition to quicksilver really makes life easy.

Along with some previous reviewers, I experienced conflicts between megazoomer and VLC's full screen mode and some system instability. This new version fixes the VLC problems for me, and so far there aren't problems with other apps. The developer's list of changes makes it sound like he has managed to implement lots of fixes.

The popularity of this plug-in seems to be on the rise for some reason, so I need to warn you folks of one major issue with it: This plug-in will interfere with the proper functioning of AppleScript-based apps. I've verified this (after quite a bit of frustration) with Carbon Copy Cloner 2.3 and OnyX 1.7. Some or all of their controls will not work properly if megazoomer is active. On the upside, it works great and does exactly what it claims to. I'm just not willing to go in and disable it everytime I need to use these other apps.

What is the point of zoom if it takes up the whole screen except for 1 inch on the right... i definatly cannot write a paper in that 1"x(768px) piece. so either way i am still alt-tabing between browser and text editor (your so called, apple knows best way). But if I was to *gasp* think for myself. i'd cut the screen down the middle and have text editor on the bottom, and browser streched accross the top half. This would work alot better if apple 'knew all' and took some more notes from linux. Being able to scroll a window without having to click that window saves alot of time. I can move mouse over to window, scroll, get the info i need and continue to type without having to click twice. btw, green zoom button, will zoom most of my text only stuff to full screen. but stuff with pictures browser for example, will not go full screen. I guess apple knows best and wants me to not be able to view pictures fullscreen because thats bad for productivity. anyway, this program works well for the stuff i needed it too.

This app is Anti-Macintosh. Sure many of you like the full-screen windows like the one found in Microsoft Windows. But did you notice something? Yeah, productivity goes down after opening a few programs. You notice that if you want to write a term paper with Office and get your facts from Firefox (or IE), you can only see one app at a time. Imagine trying to copy something down from a book and you can only see the book and the paper one at a time by shifting it from front to back? Crazy huh? Just as crazy as every Windows user likes having their windows maximized. The mac point of view. Regardless of how bad you think of Apple, Apple. Is. Always. Right. They know the computer experience before you lay your first palm on that cute apple mouse. Apple likes their customers to do real, productive work by making windows so common sense. You see the green button next to the red X on any macintosh window? Thats the Zoom button. It doesn't zoom to the max of the entire desktop space, but proportional to other windows. So if you're trying to type an essay and need to see what you're copying or getting information from using Safari, you can hit the green button on both Safari and Pages windows to zoom them to fit perfectly proportional to each other and easily do work well. It's mac common sense and it works.

It's cool, but doesn't seem to work in TextMate (The main reason I installed it :-). Also, I'm experiencing a minor visual bug with Terminal. It's easier to show then explain, so I will. http://www.kadisdesign.com/screenshots/Termial-weirdness.tiff [Look at the top edge] This is a great effort on the part of the developer, and a very nice feature for the system.

Nice plugin. But unfortunately it seriously conflicts with VLC 0.8.5 (but not 0.8.4), greying out items in the 'Video' menu so the window size can only be changed by megazoomer.

ouch - despite how much I like megazoomer's concept i had to remove it. i notice it causes problems with some apps - Lots of applescript-based utilities will either give me Applescript NS (4) errors, or something like that, or just quit without a warning or a crash report when megazoomer is installed. removing it from the SIMBL plugins folder solved the issues.

awesome! works so far for me in Mail, iPhoto 6, safari, iCal, addressbook, textedit... I like it - been wanting something like this ever since Option-clicking the window fit button stopped making the window fill the whole screen (this was one of those nice OS 9 features that was dropped in OS X...). I am using right now :)

edit : Fullscreen terminal (great !!) Fullscreen TACO HTML edit now i would never live without... great thanks to the developper !

Woaaaa that's soooo great, Safari/Camino fullscreen, Conversation Fullscreen, I don't tryed many other but everything works fine, Soooo great !!!

Excellent! Works great here. Very useful to have. Thanks!!