Marc Nahum
Norbert HegerStruggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.
https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/
Gui Rambo
Nico Reese@noheger And you have to change your muscle memory when you want to resize apps that have not been updated for Tahoe as well (and I guess those other windows which have smaller radii, like those without toolbars).
The Macinthrope@noheger Remember when Mac windows had a nice large “resize handle” in that corner? It served as both a visual indicator, and an easy hit target. Looks like Apple brought it back on the iPad. They should probably bring it back on the Mac as well.
Arnold S
Jiří Fiala Total Landscaping@foreignfilm @macinthrope @noheger tbf those were there when you couldn't drag any other corner. Remember? That was next level crazy.
David JONES@stooovie @foreignfilm omg this is how i learn i can resize using any corner (had a Mac on and off since 2001).
Joan of Contention 😷
netop://ウィビ@netopwibby Thank you! 🙂
mirabilos@noheger lol so it bas an invisible window border?
smh, how can peoole consider Apple a leader in design?
@mirabilos @noheger they were, up until last year
JoachimThings like this make me want to switch to Linux and build my own Desktop environment and window manager.
Like, gather all the macOS devs who still understand how desktop UX is supposed to work, take an Apple HIG from the 90s or so and let‘s build ourselves a new home.
And when we are done with that (shouldn’t take longer than a couple decades, right?), we fork the open source component from Android and do the same for mobile UX.
Steven G. Harms
Magneto@cocoafrog @noheger Have you seen elementaryOS (https://elementary.io)? Definitely some people over there who care about design. At least a starting point.
max oakland@cocoafrog This is the future. We have to leave behind corporations like Apple because they don't care *at all* about anything except short term shareholder value
We got lucky that, for some reason, Steve Jobs did care about user experience. Those days are over. It's never coming back because corporate America will not hire someone who isn't all-in on their profits-over-everything-else cult
Arjan Bos
Rupert Reynolds@ArjanBos @noheger @siracusa Thanks! I knew I'd had this problem recently, but I couldn't remember where--it was using a friend's laptop that runs #MicroSlop 11.
Omega 
Franklin Delano Stallone@noheger I think it can let you touch it or it will at least on mine but I do think it won't necessarily match expectations on that curved corner.
I'd be happy to live with it if they fixed the glitchy resizing on logins and flickering some background windows.
adamrice
beka valentine@noheger @nullagent they got this shit from linux
Mr. V@beka_valentine
Nice rage bait bro
@mrv404 beat it, loser
Take It EV Podcast 🎙️
Matthew Mitchell@noheger Oh FFS is that why I’m struggle bussing? Gross. Come on Apple.
Darryl RammGreat, users can't find a window corner because Apple design leadership could not find their ass with both hands.
FreediverX@darryl_ramm @noheger
When you put marketers in charge of product design and treat software as a cost center.
When you put marketers in charge of product design and treat software as a cost center.
Michael Porter@noheger Little by little, we're getting farther away from the “intuitive interface.”
Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐@noheger Like Space Invaders, you shouldn't aim where your target is, but where it would be.
Owl Eyes
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.
Apple could dramatically improve UX by migrating to unmodified KDE. And supporting KDE devs going forward.
ARGVMI~1.PIF@argv_minus_one @noheger Here's KDE where I have changed nothing on window corners, it seems to work perfectly.
@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.
Vera Laverami
Lester Ward@noheger In fairness, this problem only affects five of the five different corner radii used in Tahoe.
Quinn9282 🖥️🌙✌️@noheger Microsoft did this sort of thing with Windows 11 as well (apparently done via some sort of weird DWM hack to round the window corners, without actually changing how the touch targets are located). Though for whatever reason, the mouse targets are smaller on the top corners of the window than on the bottom, even though it technically shouldn't matter.
Ragashingo
Bruno Girin@noheger I've given up trying to resize using the corner, I now resize using the sides. It sometimes takes longer but not as long as missing the corner repeatedly.
Max Mellman@noheger oh my god thank you this is so validating. And the example is drop-dead hilarious 😂
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.
Philippe Braun@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.
@philbee 45 years in my case, but yes, the 26 OSes are just the last straws after a long series of user-hostile actions by Apple, as I describe here:
WTL
CubeOfCheese@noheger what software are you using for the click visualization?
@cubeofcheese Out-of-the-box macOS screen recording. Can be enabled in the Options menu.
@noheger oh that's cool. I didn't know about that setting
Chris
Ian Robinson@noheger @siracusa @ianRobinson You can downgrade M4, but you'd have to erase everything, and you're on your own for preserving your data. A full backup made on 26 wouldn't be compatible with 15.
@nicolas17 Ta. I have multiple data backups. And always make a fresh copy of my Documents folder before wiping.
I’m seeing how 26.2 behaves before deciding.
QuarterSwede
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Zygmunt Krynicki@noheger attention to detail my ass
George Liquor, American@noheger This little vid of yours is so perfect, thanks for the belly laugh !