Re: Resizing a window - typical Microsoft laziness

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From: Byte (Byte_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/18/04


Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:43:05 -0800

Suggestion - take your PC back to where you purchased it and try to get a
refund.
Than take a course at a local elementary school (with third graders) and
they'll
be glad to show you how easy/simple it is using WindowsXP. Phew.......

"Ken Blake" wrote:

> 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
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>



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