Maximize WebDriver (Selenium 2) in Python

Question

I\'m attempting to write a simple script that checks if I have any gmail emails labeled SOMETHING and then opens a firefox browser window to a login page, after which it goes to

Answer 1

I've never used this functionality before, so I tried it out.

driver.maximize_window()

This seems to work fine - unless I am using Chrome. I'm not sure if this is a defect, as it works flawlessly in IE9 and Firefox.

edit: This is a feature which has yet to be implemented in Chromedriver -= Link to issue =-

edit (8 years later): Apparently this is working in Chrome on Linux and Windows - so, yay! I haven't tested it, but I am optimistic since it has been nearly a decade since the original answer was provided.