Standard windows behavior is that a window can be moved by dragging the top edge, and resized by dragging any of the other edges. (see http://windows.microsoft.com/en-sg/windows7/working-with-windows). But in Internet Explorer dragging one of the other edges sometimes moves the window, and sometimes resizes it. There is no way of telling in advance. This is very confusing. There is no mention of moving-when-dragging-a-border in the link quoted above. Can this option be switched off?
Some more info: if I move the cursor slowly over the left edge the cursor sometimes changes shape twice, as if there are two edges. Other times it just changes once, an indication that there is only one edge. But I have no reproducible scenario yet to get either the move or the resize action by using the inner edge or the outer edge. Probably because it is difficult to distinguish between the two.
One thing I noticed: if I move the window using the top edge, there is a high chance that a subsequent drag of the left edge will also cause a move. If I clicked something IN the window there is a high chance that a drag of the left edge will cause a resize. But not Always. So very confusing still.