Re: Resizing a window - typical Microsoft laziness

From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 12/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:13:01 -0700

In news:1103382028.342052.86420@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,
jamesjones@124.com <jamesjones@124.com> typed:

> When I try to resize a window using XP, I have to put the mouse
> right
> down onto the bottom of the right hand edge in order to grab
> the
> corner - Microsoft in their wisdom decided that grabbing, say,
> 20
> pixels UP the right hand side, as well as 20 pixels across the
> bottom
> side, was too easy, so they just didn't fix this disgustingly
> irritating bug. Is there a fix anywhere for this stupid bit of
> 'programming'? It's driving me nuts. Does anybody actually test
> software any more?

You may not like this behavior, but it's clearly by design, and
not a bug at all.

Personally, I don't find it a problem at all, and I've heard of
anyone else it bothered either. 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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