One of the common argument against OSX is that maximise doesn’t work. To put this argument finally to rest, here are some screenshots to show that it does work.

Firefox:

Apple Mail:

Flex Builder:

Textmate:

The exception to the rule. Safari maintains the old paradigm:

“But look, it’s not maximised, there is all that space where to the dock is!” – Yes, but that’s like arguing maximies on Windows doesn’t go past the taskbar. Set it to auto hide, or press Apple – Ctrl – D to manually hide it, and maximise takes up the full available space: