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Re: Put a resize widget in the title bar

 

The way you say this brings to mind the Aero Snap feature of Windows 7.

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM, frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx <
frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 01:29, Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I remain uneasy about having window controls in the client, but it's a
>> definite step up from before.
>>
>
> +1
>
> now perhaps it makes sense to think about a resizing grid, which should be
> active by default.
> Resizing a window has in nearly all cases the following purposes:
> * arrange 2 or more windows side by side
> * reduce horizontal width to improve text readability
>
> these can both be achieved easily with a fixed grid for window resizing.
> In a fixed grid, overlapping edges would automatically be eliminated,
> windows would snap comfortably, helping the user to arrange them less
> painfully.
>
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