HOW DO I GET WEB SITE TO FILL THE WINDOW?

Various web sites I visit only fill the middle of the full open window. There is 3 or 4 inches of white space on the left and right side of the information within the open window. [it's happening here too]. I've used Safari and Foxfire with the same results. It's not a matter of zooming. For example, when I'm on a game at Facebook, the gaming area is a very small box, aprox. 4x6" in the middle of the open window. Minimize/zoom does not solve the issue. I'm assuming it must be solved within the screen preferences, but I didn't want to change anything until I read or learned more.
When I used my Dell laptop everything filled the window, from corner to corner.
Can anyone tell me how to change this. I have a 19" screen on my laptop, but I think I'm soon to be blind from trying to read the tiny print. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

The simple answer to your question is OSX does not work the same as Windoze where a window will fill the whole screen by maximising. In OSX it tends to make the window just the right size for what you are actually doing. You can manually resize the window by using the resizer at the bottom right corner of the window.

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