Good discussion thanks all.  I've wondered whether this feature (and
some other new ones) in OS's is part of an effort by OS designers to
converge the UI between PC and tablet devices..


On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 9:00 AM, marcel.taeumel <Marcel.Taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
> Hey Chris,
>
> well, you can slam-drag a window to any edge of the screen as you like in MS
> Windows 7+. Since then, you have been getting a preview of what will happen
> in terms of resizing. If you do not like it, just drag it back some pixels
> to the center of the screen before mouse-up. This is no big challenge in
> terms of user precision. You can be as "coarse" as you want with your mouse
> interaction. Note that there is no threshold but you actually have to touch
> the edge of the screen with the mouse cursor.
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
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