Floid:

I agree with you on all points. I recall that the width issue is for text, and not necessarily for icons.

Anyway, I hide my dock and my start bar (when I'm at work and forced to suck from the microcock) so the resize isn't really restricted on my system.

Someone once mentioned that the little (+) in aqua is actually for user/preset window sizes and not for full screen. It should have a 'R' for restore, instead.

The golden rectangle has been used by typesetters since Gutenberg, so I guess it just stuck ;)