Kwin script Macsmize

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wove
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Kwin script Macsmize

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I came across this Kwin script called Macsmize. Once installed when you click the maximize button on a window, it maximizes the window, creates a new workspace and moves the full screen application window to that workspace. This is a clone of the Mac OS Window button behaviour. I find this to be very useful. An instance where I find it useful is when opening links in emails. You open the first link, the screen gets crowded with more windows. Hit the maximize button on the browser window, it goes full screen and moves to a new workspace. Go back to the email window continue reading and opening links. The opened links become tabs in the full screen browser on its own workspace. You can then switch to the browser at your leisure and dig into all the links you have opened.

I have always found the dynamic workspaces in Gnome to be a real productivity booster, and this kwin script adds very similar functionality to kde and I have been using it to good effect on my laptop.
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