Why does ESC work to exit some full screen apps but not all?

Example, while in full screen if I am in the web browser(I use firefox) clicking esc doesn't exit full screen, but when I am in photo booth esc works just fine. I noticed it with a few apps, sometimes it works and other times you have to go and click the exit option in the top right corner. I'm new to mac, this is my first mac and I only got it a few days ago so I'm quite uneducated with the software.

I found another thread that helped.  I switched to 3-finger swipe then back to 4-finger, however everything froze and I lost my curser.  I actually had to force quit the Finder twice before it took effect.  Now it works.  That thread was:  https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3191453?start=0&tstart=0

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