The difference is that GNOME 3 still allows you to resize from any point inside ...

thristian on July 21, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

The difference is that GNOME 3 still allows you to resize from any point inside the window with Alt-middle-drag. No matter how big your resize border is, it's smaller and more fiddly than 'the entire window'.

lovskogen on July 21, 2011 [–]

But ALT + Middle drag isn't discoverable.