[tjoff]

You don't run applications maximized. You just don't.

Sure there are exceptions, such as photoshop and similar but for browsing there is a reason for why the only thing you might miss with a width of no more than 1024 pixels (or even less) are commercials, and for why we have columns in newspapers...

Thats why, even with widescreens, the horizontal real estate is very important and why you can't waste it. Sure, the vertical real estate is _very_ important as well (and boy is it neglected) and sure that has become a real problem with 16:9 but not enough to start wasting real estate just for the sake of it. Buy a 16:10 monitor (or 4:3) and you basically get that adress-bar, tab space and other goodies for free.

Even on a widescreen the browser-window really shouldn't be wider than it's height.

Or maybe it's just me...

[crazygringo]

Maybe it's you and large monitors. On my laptop, I run everything maximized, and Alt+Tab is my best friend. My biggest gripe about OSX is that it's not built for this -- I literally need to define a separate space for every application I use, just so I don't have a horrible jumble of windows. And unfortunately still can't Alt+Tab between windows of the same app... :(

[a5huynh]

I'm sure if you're talking about Windows or OSX ( due to the Alt+Tab ambiguity ) but in OSX you can do Cmd + ` to tab between windows of the same app.

[crazygringo]

Thank you!

[Deadsunrise]

try Crtl+tab