I hate the Vista border padding size!


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I think that the vista borders as HUGE! So huge that it takes up precious space on my desktop. I hate the big borders. I know i can set it lower than 4 i size, but then it just looks stupid. Is there another alternative? I love the way from MacOSX with no borders at all!

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Yeah, I really came to notice the large border padding when using it on my notebook. I suppose they are there for usability (harder to miss it when resizing), but I don't remember XP having that.

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Note the 'smudgy' artefact in the top left corner of the window. It was one of the small things which bothered me about Vista.

I was in the same boat as the OP while using Vista - the default border padding is too much.

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It was a 20" LCD, running at 1680x1050. I did notice the artefact - I have very good eyes.

And clearly an excess of free time and absolutely no other worries in your life, lucky devil you are... :devil:

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For the record, I find the borders are too thick by default as well, and that artifact is annoying when you're using a notebook (which does not have a high 1920x1200 resolution for example).

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The artifact annoys the hell out of me. And the window looks wrong when the padding is set to 0 :(

I'd love to have it the way MACOS have. No border at all. But i dont find any nice looking themes for windowblinds. All are to bloated and full of apple logos.

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And clearly an excess of free time and absolutely no other worries in your life, lucky devil you are... :devil:

No, I just happen to notice details like that.

If it's any consolation to you, I didn't ditch Vista and go back to XP before switching to a Mac because of said artefact.

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anyway I don't get that artifact on my MEdiaCenter, and I even double checked as I was using the magnifier...

on the laptop I use a slightly modified theme for a flashier taskbar anyway so ... :p

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Well... Then i have to buy a fully locked and overpriced macintosh. I dont want that... It's enough that i have an iPhone ;)

I've been looking at the hackintosh project, but far to unstable for my taste. Maybe a good macos theme for windowsblinds??

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Well... Then i have to buy a fully locked and overpriced macintosh. I dont want that... It's enough that i have an iPhone ;)

I've been looking at the hackintosh project, but far to unstable for my taste. Maybe a good macos theme for windowsblinds??

Well, you have an iPhone.

That makes you an Esteemed Visitor, at least. ;)

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Why does that bother you? Can't even notice it really unless you zoom in the way you did.

That resolution do you have your monitor set on? Looks fine on mine. Smooth and pretty :p

I'm not a Vista user, so I haven't spent a great amount of time looking at it, however, I can quite clearly see what Mephistopheles is talking about in the above screenshot (at 1280*800 on 13").

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I clearly see it as well, be it my 12.1" or 17" screens.

As for the padding size, it doesn't bother me that much. I could see someone complaining about Vista's excessive padding on dialogue boxes and Aero Wizards though (but not me though, I like it :p). As for why it's not 0 pixels like OS X: simple. They only have one corner to resize windows with. We have four corners and sides.

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I clearly see it as well, be it my 12.1" or 17" screens.

As for the padding size, it doesn't bother me that much. I could see someone complaining about Vista's excessive padding on dialogue boxes and Aero Wizards though (but not me though, I like it :p). As for why it's not 0 pixels like OS X: simple. They only have one corner to resize windows with. We have four corners and sides.

I agree with everything this gentleman just said.

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I gotta agree. I don't have a mac but I use macs often at work. I love the mac's window frame where the border is almost non existant. Windows vista just has a huuuge border. The aero interface was cool for over a year...but now its kinda getting old on me.

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