Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe?

[noheger@wien.rocks]

Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/

[_inside@mastodon.social]

@noheger Yes! All the time. The opposite also occurs: trying to click something behind a window and accidentally resizing the front most window instead.

[nicoreese@mastodon.social]

@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).

[macinthrope@mastodon.social]

@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.

[netopwibby@social.coop]

@noheger @eramdam The gif of grabbing the plate is hilarious

[noheger@wien.rocks]

@netopwibby Thank you! 🙂

[mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org]

@noheger lol so it bas an invisible window border?

smh, how can peoole consider Apple a leader in design?

[cocoafrog@hachyderm.io]

@noheger

Things 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 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.

[arjanbos@mastodon.social]

@noheger @siracusa Yes it’s horrible. They copied this “feature” from Windows which has had it for years. So bad.

[purplerabbit@goo.dgirl.gay]

@noheger oh my god i fucking hate thiiiiiiiis

[fds@mastodon.social]

@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@c.im]

@noheger #liquidGlassIsGoingGreat

[beka_valentine@kolektiva.social]

@noheger @nullagent they got this shit from linux

[jongary@macaw.social]

@noheger Liquid Glass and the majority of UI “improvements” in Tahoe are huge, unforced errors. How they shipped this is beyond me.

[takeitev@mastodon.social]

@noheger @siracusa

[imatthewcm@mastodon.social]

@noheger Oh FFS is that why I’m struggle bussing? Gross. Come on Apple.

[darryl_ramm@hachyderm.io]

@noheger

Great, users can't find a window corner because Apple design leadership could not find their ass with both hands.

[michaelporter@ottawa.place]

@noheger Little by little, we're getting farther away from the “intuitive interface.”

[rliblog@mastodon.social]

@noheger Like Space Invaders, you shouldn't aim where your target is, but where it would be.

[richlv@mastodon.social]

@noheger That was worse than I expected.
Apple could dramatically improve UX by migrating to unmodified KDE. And supporting KDE devs going forward.