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Resizing of windows in OSX!!!

I have to put in my two cents.

I am a Windows user but am using OSX only for iphone development. It is a pretty OS and Spaces / Expose, brilliant. But the resizing issue has annoyed me to no end. On Windows, 90% of my resizing occurs from the bottom-right edge but when i do need to resize from the other borders it is SO much of relief to do so. I get the problem resolved now and i can get back to work.

To make the argument for not having resizing for any border is ludicrous. It reminds me of my comp-sci teacher saying "what's the point of multi-tasking" back in the day when the Amiga computer was killer hardware and the PC was DOS. The "point" is more functionality. If you don't need it don't use it. In no way does having the ability hinder. Accidental resizing? Huh!? I've never heard of such an issue in the Windows world. Perhaps such a feature in older OSx versions took a different approach to the elegance of Windows?

Yes I am pro-Windows. But i think MS has ripped off and improved on so many features that the Windows trailmix actually works well for the mass. For me, all marketing propaganda aside, OSX to Windows is like the functionality of Apple's Xcode to Microsoft's Visual Studio.

With that all said, i am using Afloat to get around the missing resizing functionality. It isn't perfect but it is something. I do recommend it to my Windows brethren and apparently many Mac users to.

All the best.
 
MrCubes said:
I wonder how many of the people at the start of this thread have "got used to it"?

I switched to Mac about four and a half years ago, and have been a Mac-exclusive household for at least the last three years.

I haven't got used to it. There is just no reason for this functionality to be missing. It's not just about missing something you had in Windows. I remember when this first came to Windows and my reaction was, "finally!". I hope to say the same thing about it on the Mac someday (Afloat doesn't really do it for me).

And don't even get me started on minimize!

Here's to another three years for this thread (or a premature end due to it being "fixed" in the OS ;-) ).
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Agreed. It has to be one of the most annoying things about the OS. The thing is - the bigger the screen the worse it gets to have to find that tiny spot on each window where you are permitted to resize it.

I don't care that it's a "MS feature" :rolleyes: - I want it because it's useful.
 
I posted here a couple of years ago (but I'm still getting email updates - don't ask me why! :confused:)

I've never really got used to it, although it doesn't annoy me that much now.

One app I've found that makes life 100 times easier is:
http://infinite-labs.net/afloat/

If you hold CMD + CTRL and drag with the right click button, you can resize the current active window from anywhere! It's an awesome app and it does a lot more (float windows on top, move windows with CMD + CTRL + left click, change transparency etc.)

Check it out!
 
Bad design

As someone who has owned a user interface design studio for almost 10 years, I am a firm believer that form and function can coincide happily. They should be in complete balance. However, form should never trump functionality.

The issue of not being able to resize a window except by the tiny right bottom corner is ridiculous. It's one of the most infuriating things I've ever seen in an OS. Why not at least make the bottom left bottom a grab point as well?

It just ruins the whole experience for me. Another issue that aggravates to no end is when you do resize the window the icons stay where they are. In Windows the icons/folders re-adjust their location automatically. In OS X, you end up with a scroll bar on the bottom and then of course have to right click and Arrange By just to get them to fill in the new window space.

For a company who prides itself on being the "easy OS" they sure leave out some simple functionality that can only enhance a user's experience.
 
Fanbois drink the koolaid over border issue

Adding my .02 to the mix. I agree with BS. No edge is needed to code for a cursor (mouse pointer) to determine when it is over an edge. If that were the case how in the world would you be able to resize a cell or a table boundary? They're, what? 1 pixel wide? And that doesn't stop resizing. And if the border were truly the issue (aside from drinking the kool-aid fanbois) then the top and bottom of browser windows in Macs have a border but only the idiotic triangular arrangement of 1 pixel wide lines gets selected.

So does anyone have a software app solution that enables this function?
 
Having or not having borders is meaningless

Okay let's put this to rest. The myth that Apple does not show (thick) borders has nothing to do with the ability to resize from any edge. Take a closer look at the OSX window frame. Someone is drawing a frame around the window which means they know where the frame is and also when the mouse crosses in and out of a window. It's all programming. Apple is simply not adding this ability by choice. My take is Apple didn't think of it first (before Microsoft) and doesn't want to add a "Me To" feature to their OS. It sure sucks always having to do multiple steps to resize a window when a simple addition to the OS would make it a 1-step operation.
 
tkermit said:
Hyperdock lets you move and resize windows regardless of the cursor position within the window if you hold down modifier keys of your choice:
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It's interesting that the last 3 bumps to this 2 1/2 year old thread were made months apart over the past year by 3 first-and-one-time-only posters. I'd be surprised if the one you quoted will ever see your response. I guess I'll never understand why they do these "hit and run" posts!
 
slooksterPSV said:
Do you mean rearranging the icons in the dock? Yes there are some you can't rearrange if they are not placed specifically in your dock. iTunes, iPhoto, Garageband, iMovie, iWeb, Dashboard, Finder (unremoveable), Mail, Address Book, iCal, Safari and... I think that's it for applications can be moved around at first because they are defaultly in your dock. Now if you open another program say... Calculator and you can't rearrange it, but it disappears when you quit the program unless you have specifically dragged and dropped it in your dock. Anyone have SnapX Pro and want to make a video on how to do this?
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Every single icon can be removed from the dock. Just right click it, go to Options and tick "Remove from dock". If you want other icons in the dock, right click on them while the program is open and thus visible in the dock, then tick "Keep in dock".
 
Suketa said:
Every single icon can be removed from the dock. Just right click it, go to Options and tick "Remove from dock". If you want other icons in the dock, right click on them while the program is open and thus visible in the dock, then tick "Keep in dock".
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You do realize you're responding to a 5 year old post, right?
 
@GGJstudios

GGJstudios said:
You do realize you're responding to a 5 year old post, right?
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:cool:No, I didn't. I'm new here as well as to Mac and didn't expect that this could be such an old post... I just wondered why I as a newbie to Mac should know something and others who are posting here wouldn't know something simple like that. So next time this happens I better first check the date:D
 
migulic said:
It's because the windows in OS X don't have borders like they do in Windows. Look (if you are on OS X) at the sides of your browser window. Do you see any borders that could be dragged to be resized (other than perhaps the top)? Because I don't.
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Look (if you are in Windows) at the sides of your iTunes window. Do you see any borders that could be dragged to be resized (other than perhaps the top)? Because I don't....and yet I can resize iTunes in Windows from any edge or corner. You do not need borders to have the functionality, and that is truly magical, revolutionary, etc...

If Apple can do it in Windows, they can do it in OS X...if they wanted.

Step outside and take a look around
 
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