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  • Norbert HegerN Norbert Heger

    Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

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    @noheger @siracusa How is that irritating? Transparent handles is exactly what the whole design revolves around.

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    • Rihards OlupsR Rihards Olups

      @noheger That was worse than I expected.
      Apple could dramatically improve UX by migrating to unmodified KDE. And supporting KDE devs going forward.

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      @richlv

      KDE by default has the same problem. You need to change the settings to add real window borders.

      And even that is not ideal. Ideal would be Windows 3 or IRIX, where windows are rectangular, thickly bordered, and the resize regions are clearly delineated.

      @noheger

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      • Rihards OlupsR Rihards Olups

        @noheger That was worse than I expected.
        Apple could dramatically improve UX by migrating to unmodified KDE. And supporting KDE devs going forward.

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        @richlv @noheger Or they could just revert to the NeXTSTEP UI. That had neat little resize handles.

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        • Fazal MajidF Fazal Majid

          @noheger I am not "upgrading" any of my iPhones, iPads or Macs to Liquid Ass, and am well on my way to switch to Linux full-time. Apple has jumped the shark, and people who make excuses for them are just demonstrating Stockholm Syndrome.

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          @fazalmajid @noheger Thinking about this as well, after ~40 years of using Apple products. Although in my case admittedly only partly because of how rubbish much of Tahoe is, more because of the general enshittification of Apple, the company, the products, and the politics.

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          • Henrik PauliP Henrik Pauli

            @the_wub @noheger I think that's basically an X11 custom, Alt+LMB to move, Alt+RMB to resize. Should be available on most "normal" desktop environments 🙂

            Windows, for all its flaws, had some thick window borders for a while (Win 8? 8.1?) then later visually thinner but they were still easy to hit, like there was a part that didn't look like a border but still counted towards resizing. I found them really pleasant at the time, didn't have to pixel hunt!

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            @phl @the_wub @noheger 7's borders were unreservedly thicc

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            • groxxG groxx

              @phl @the_wub @noheger 7's borders were unreservedly thicc

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              @groxx @the_wub @noheger Glassy thing done better than whatever iOS is currently doing 😄

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              • Norbert HegerN Norbert Heger

                Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

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                @noheger inerestingly, the snap area is outside of what appears to define a window area. But then, traditionnally, wasn't that 'always' the case? Scroll sliders defining a window sizing drag corner?

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                • argv minus oneA argv minus one

                  @richlv

                  KDE by default has the same problem. You need to change the settings to add real window borders.

                  And even that is not ideal. Ideal would be Windows 3 or IRIX, where windows are rectangular, thickly bordered, and the resize regions are clearly delineated.

                  @noheger

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                  @argv_minus_one @noheger Here's KDE where I have changed nothing on window corners, it seems to work perfectly.

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                  • Rihards OlupsR Rihards Olups

                    @argv_minus_one @noheger Here's KDE where I have changed nothing on window corners, it seems to work perfectly.

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                    @richlv

                    Did you change the border width? As far as I know, there's no border by default.

                    @noheger

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                    • Norbert HegerN Norbert Heger

                      Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

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                      @noheger I thought good design and a nice user interface were their only selling point. Great job fucking that up! The icons are also hilarious https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/

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                      • Norbert HegerN Norbert Heger

                        Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

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                        @noheger meanwhile XFCE since decades : CLICK ANYWHERE HOLDING ALT AND IT RESIZES THE WAY YOU WANT

                        You don't have to target anything. It just work very well and is very comfortable to use.

                        Who the hell pays for fisher price apple again ?

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                        • Norbert HegerN Norbert Heger

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                          @noheger this is why I refuse to use a window manager that does not support resize using alt+mouse2

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                          • Eggs now in different baskets.T Eggs now in different baskets.

                            @noheger The XFCE desktop has a really nice take on resizing windows.

                            Alt+Right-mouse-click somewhere in quite a large area near any corner of a window does the same as trying to find the much smaller window resize area in any corner.

                            I find this very useful as my patience and hand-eye coordination deteriorate (generally and by varying degrees on given days) as I get older.

                            Maybe other desktops have similar systems.

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                            @the_wub @noheger on macos we use BetterTouchTool, which has options for this.

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                            • argv minus oneA argv minus one

                              @richlv

                              Did you change the border width? As far as I know, there's no border by default.

                              @noheger

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                              @argv_minus_one @noheger
                              Ah, somewhat weird. Firefox has that thick border, but other apps do not. Maybe something to do with GTK vs QT, not sure.

                              While the border is pretty much not there, it's still very easy to resize windows.

                              With the narrow border it's more obvious that indeed dragging area inside the window itself is smaller than outside it. Maybe to avoid overlapping with controls inside those windows?

                              Otherwise that scrollbar might be weirdly inaccessible.

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                              • Norbert HegerN Norbert Heger

                                Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

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                                @noheger You move your cursor pretty fast to show it not working, but you slow down quite a bit to make your point. Maybe slow down in the first place.

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                                • Norbert HegerN Norbert Heger

                                  Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

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                                  @noheger
                                  The whole #LiquidGlass fiasco has made #MacOS noticeably worse. It wastes a LOT of screen space.

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                                  • groxxG groxx

                                    @phl @the_wub @noheger 7's borders were unreservedly thicc

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                                    @groxx @phl @the_wub @noheger wow I didn't remember Windows 7 looking that good.
                                    Maybe Apple should've tried improving this design instead of whatever they've done instead.

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                                    • Norbert HegerN Norbert Heger

                                      Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

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                                      @noheger this is dumb. Good post!

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                                      • Norbert HegerN Norbert Heger

                                        Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

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                                        @noheger I've just realised that #Ubuntu does that too. I never noticed because I never use the corner to resize; I do Super + right click.

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                                        • Norbert HegerN Norbert Heger

                                          Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

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                                          @noheger
                                          Clearly the superior UI, infallible in every way...

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