Comment 183 for bug 160311

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It would be helpful to know what is wrong with the current approach, which has changed considerably from two years ago. The default themes now have a _considerably large_ hotspot for resizing on all four corners of every window. From my perspective, this problem feels like it's solved (though there is a slight learning curve for those coming from Windows).

So, why is that solution insufficient?
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Hey Dylan,

I just tried using:
 * Ubuntu 10.04
 * Theme: Ambiance
 * terminal window and nautilus window

The corner hotspots are certainly helpful, however, I wouldn't call them "hotspots". With the ambiance theme, it looks like they tried to make things a little easier by increasing the BOTTOM BORDER width to ~5px(?). This gives the illusion of a hotspot, but if you try to increase the height of the window by using the bottom border, you'll realize that those "hotspots" are simply a byproduct of the thicker bottom border.

As everyone has already mentioned numerous times, this bug is a terrible UI bug. It shouldn't be "hard" to maneuver your mouse cursor over that tini tiny right/left border of 1px.

It's been a while since I've used Windows, so I fired up my Virtual WinXP. It would appear that they've simply opted for the "5px(?)" border size all around to ensure users can easily resize. (I don't feel like rebooting into Win7 to see how it is with the latest Windows)

Perhaps, the solution for Ubuntu Linux, would be to force all themes to have a 5px theme (by default). If the user is a aesthetic/power user, then they can change the border size themselves, then suffer through difficulty of resizing (or they'll know to use ALT+resize -- although that in itself has issues).

I truly believe that the default needs to be "user friendly" (i.e. an easy to use UI in this case), rather than an "aesthetically pleasing 1px border".