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Window resize handles
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 4 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Window resize handles are too small and hard to grabUnreviewed
20132026- Resize handles are only a pixel or two wide, easy to overshoot2026-03-02
- Window border is only about two pixels wide, so it is hard to grab for resizing2023-10-13
- Thin resize border is tiny and hard to grab on all three operating systems2021-08-11
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 4 complaints
- Resize handles are only a pixel or two wide, easy to overshoot2026-03-02
- Window border is only about two pixels wide, so it is hard to grab for resizing2023-10-13
- Thin resize border is tiny and hard to grab on all three operating systems2021-08-11
- Window resize drag handles are unacceptably small and painful to grab2013-08-25