No, maximize and full screen are two quite different concepts, and I am very sure that Google agrees with me and the others on this and that Google would not say that this is their implementation of full screen.

As you can also see from the name of the parameter, “-start-maximized”, this is not full screen, this is a simple maximizing of the window, making the window fit the available window space on the screen, not even hiding the windows process bar. The parameter is useful, but it has nothing to do with a full screen mode.

In a full screen mode, the Windows process bar, the window border and probably the minimize, maximize and close buttons are hidden, and often even the address bar and tabs are automatically hidden. Otherwise it is not full screen. Open Internet Explorer, press F11, and see what full screen is.

I also came here because I googled “chrome full screen” and was disappointed that this had nothing to do with full screen but only with maximizing Chrome when it is started.

Merry Christmas and best regards,
Jesper

This is Google’s implementation of full screen. There is no incentive to get more hits from Google, and I am certainly not making any money from the site.

Until Google change things, this is the best you can do. It’s unfortunate but it is better than nothing. It’s apparently on their to-do list.

I’m sorry, but I just don’t buy the “average Joe” argument. To me, saying “fullscreen Chrome” is just for the sake of getting more hits, and more page views. I guess that the visits coming from Google would be *A LOT* less if the post were correctly named “Maximized Google Chrome on Open”.