the dock/menu bar at the bottom gets in the way, and causes the windows to overlap when i postiion them vertically, or when i try to do quarter screens
Is Size Up a specific application or why do you mention this unclear term?
And what do you mean by compensate? That the windows automatically resize?
You can also hide the Dock (CMD+OPTION+D).
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Have you also taken a look at MRoogle, since that question may have been asked several times?