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The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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Re: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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Post by akimbostrawman »

AlexandrB wrote: post #805
1over137 wrote: post #67

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No. Direct that money to open source projects and let Apple ruin itself.

There's no relief in open source. I've watched Ubuntu and Gnome copy some of Apple and Microsoft's worst ideas over the last 20 years and somehow put an even worse spin on them. I fully expect to see "Gnome 52 - Liquid Sugar" or something in a couple of years.

>There's no relief in open source. I've watched Ubuntu and Gnome copy some of Apple and Microsoft's worst ideas

The whole point of FOSS is that a single groups decision or opinion do not dictated your computing. There are enough forks or alternatives.

Re: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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Post by pjerem »

vladvasiliu wrote: post #595
Avamander wrote: post #277

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External mice also suck with macOS though.

Depends on the mice. As a sibling says, Logitech mice with their drivers work great. The app isn't great and loads a boatload of javascript crap. Can't vouch for bettermouse, never tried it. Another option which sidesteps the Logi Options crap is Logitech "gaming" mice. These have an integrated memory that actually remembers the configuration set by the driver. So, you only have to put up with the shitty experience o…

> Logitech mice with their drivers work great.

That's not macos fault in this case, it's just that Logitech mouses (MX Master at least) doesn't act well at all without driver. Like, for scrolling, it's like the mouse is sending raw smooth scrolling each time you just touch the wheel and without the driver that presumably fake it on the computer side, there is no synchronisation between your actual scroll and the steps you physically feel in the wheel.

Re: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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Post by steine65 »

simpaticoder wrote: post #389
pentagrama wrote: post #353

This feels like a surprisingly good moment for Linux desktops to position themselves as real alternatives and actually gain ground. MacOS Tahoe has been heavily criticized for its UI decisions, especially Liquid Glass, which many people feel actively hurts usability rather than improving it. On the other side, Windows keeps piling on user-hostile features, dark patterns, and friction that increasingly frustrate power…

>This feels like a surprisingly good moment for Linux desktops to...actually gain ground. I agree, and its likely that both macOS and Windows will continue to get worse. That said, it's important to be realistic because users can and will put up with quite a lot of discomfort before switching, and this is because for every bad feature or misstep, there are 100 others that are so good you don't even notice them. And w…

Well put. I dual booted because I still can't trust my CachyOS desktop not to do something surprising during important calls. But damn it is relieving to have full control again.

Re: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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Post by deanc »

willtemperley wrote: post #531

Normally bug reports should include the exact version and machine. I personally don't see this behavour on Tahoe 26.2 and an M2 MBP.

I'm on latest Tahoe and M3 MBP and the issue is even worse than the author describes. There is about a 5px window also for grabbing the straight edges of the window to expand in one axis only.

Re: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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Post by ChocolateGod »

bloak wrote: post #652
sumo89 wrote: post #603

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I recently built a windows PC again for gaming. Haven't used one for years. Everything's fresh, loads of room on hard drives etc and still sometimes it'll just be weird and needs a reset. But it doesn't surprise me, it's sad we've come to tolerate that from the world's most popular OS.

> the world's most popular OS Wikipedia claims that Android "has the largest installed base of any operating system in the world", if you're going to measure popularity that way. (Of course it's hard to know how to define an OS. Is Android a kind of Linux? Are the various things called "Windows" or "MacOS" to be regarded as different versions of the same OS just because marketing people decided to use the same name?…

Can you even consider Android a singular OS? I personally don't in the same way I don't consider Fedora and Ubuntu the same OS, and there's far more differences between something like HyperOS and AOSP/PixelUI as there is between Ubuntu and Fedora.

Android is an app platform.

Re: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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Post by Rastonbury »

iLemming wrote: post #185
signal11 wrote: post #9

Tahoe is a macOS mis-step on par with Windows 8 or Windows Vista. If you’re from Apple and reading this, my feedback is pretty succinct: “I don’t recommend others upgrade. I wish I didn’t.” Luckily for Apple, Windows 11 is not exactly in a position to attract switchers. Let’s see if Apple can turn things around. iOS 8+ did improve on iOS 7’s worst bits.

One of the most annoying things after installing Tahoe for me, that for no good reason an ordinary app would randomly lose its focus. In the midst of my typing. This is unbelievably preposterous and I just can't stop hating Apple for this crap. How the fuck this is acceptable? I just have no words. What makes it even worse that I couldn't even complain about it on their support pages - they just keep removing my comm…

Oh decent timing, this happened to me first time today, I even looked down at the track pad to see if my hand was close enough to accidentally swipe it because I felt it wasn't

Re: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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Post by gwbas1c »

autoexec wrote: post #930
gwbas1c wrote: post #749

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Because if you don't make periodic cosmetic changes, people will think you're going out of business. It's why your favorite shoe company, that you buy from every 2-3 years when you wear out your favorite shoes, always has new styles and discontinues other styles. Converse is a great example.

Generally I agree with you. My advice is that when you find a pair or shoes you like pick up at least 3 pair because by the time you need to replace them they'll be gone, but Converse isn't a great example of that because I can get a pair of Chucks which look/fit basically exactly like any pair I've ever had. It's actually kind of nice that Converse doesn't seem to play the same game as the tennis/running shoes I wea…

FYI: You can't get the cons that they sold about a decade ago. They changed the sole a bit so they are now "slippers" in order to avoid tariffs. (I also suspect there's a reason why they also sell "boots" too.)

I do wish I heeded your advice. I bought some awesome Doc Marten boots/sneaker hybrids called "Boury" a few years ago, and they stopped making them. I can't find any in my size anywhere, like EBay. I walked all around Disney World with them in shorts, and they looked / felt awesome.

Re: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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Post by two_handfuls »

cpt_sobel wrote: post #538
two_handfuls wrote: post #264

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I wonder whether this could be a touchpad malfunction, causing phantom clicks that move focus. To diagnose, you could temporarily disable it and use an external mouse.

I've had the same issue while using external mouse and keyboard, so I definitely don't touch the touchpad.

But was the touchpad disabled at the time? Phantom touches could happen even if your hand is not near the touchpad.

Re: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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Post by michelb »

signal11 wrote: post #9

Tahoe is a macOS mis-step on par with Windows 8 or Windows Vista. If you’re from Apple and reading this, my feedback is pretty succinct: “I don’t recommend others upgrade. I wish I didn’t.” Luckily for Apple, Windows 11 is not exactly in a position to attract switchers. Let’s see if Apple can turn things around. iOS 8+ did improve on iOS 7’s worst bits.

I do hope things turn around, but having to wait until September is going to be painful.
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