the reason for the inconsistency is because full screen is designed for parties, where someone will setup a machine and let people add songs to the queue. imagine if someone setup that machine and people just went along and changed the song all the time in the middle of songs.
-- Behavioural change when going to fullscreen [F11] https://launchpad.net/bugs/74950 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs