[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] GUI: Keep changed fullscreen mode during session

[Hans-Dieter Kosch]

Ingo Brückl wrote:
> Hans-Dieter Kosch wrote on Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:51:54 +0100:
> 
>> My idea was that 'gtkLoadFullscreen' only defines the desired startup mode,
>> and if the user decides to change the mode during session, he can stay with
>> it for this session.
> 
> During my work on r35757 I realized that my point of view of the video window
> was a programmer's one (which is the worst thing that can happen) knowing
> that playback actually stops and a second video is started anew.
> 
> For the user, however, the video window is a kind of movie screen and a
> single present thing during his GUI session, so, yes, I'm convinced now that
> user changes including normal or fullscreen should remain until he changes
> them again.

Just a note aside: Your perception is a thing I learned quite soon in my >25yr 
experience in software development. We programmers should play with our work 
from user's perspective. Good programs are those which make the user happy. So, 
we're on the same wavelength :-)

Hans-Dieter