Some windows were given minframes because if you make them smaller the window start looking ugly as text will be clipped. The shortcut window has a minframe so it can't have less width than the individual buttons. It's good for usability.

I'll give that a try and maybe fool around with the font size so perhaps the text won't be clipped.  Not sure how its good for usability but I'll take your word for it.  The prior client allowed me to resize which i thought was very usable. If I find any fixes or changes that work i'll post them to this thread.

The reason why the windows look a bit bigger for you, is because you play at 640x480. It's 2008
You can either remove the <minframe /> lines from the XMLs yourself, or play on a higher resolution.

It's 2008??? what the...    It's 2008 and I ony have 1 monitor is the real problem i guess.  I can't play planeshift exclusively especially when it becomes a grind, like mining or running long distances which can take 20 minutes in some cases. So I play windowed, while i read a webpage or watch a video with the window taking as little space as possible but with enough view that i see chat and don't fall off somewhere, which as it happens occurs even with full concentration    I had all the important boxes squished to the right and only had to use half the 640x480 screen and still play effectively and use the rest of the screen for a browser or vlc. Well that was in the previous client.  The new client I'll have to tweak I guess.  The only problem at 640x480 in terms of functionality is no group stats while in group chat, and giving/trading the open inventory button doesn't open a window (that i can see anyways) so i have to open a regular inventory window and drag and drop.  That i'm sure I won't be able to change as those windows are fixed as far as I can tell.

Thanks for the help, <mainframe/> lines begone!