diff --git a/darwin/area.m b/darwin/area.m
index 108ad586..90fe9523 100644
--- a/darwin/area.m
+++ b/darwin/area.m
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ int sendAreaEvents(NSEvent *e)
 	[self hscrollTo:self->hscrollpos];
 	[self vscrollTo:self->vscrollpos];
 
-	if ((*(self->libui_a->ah->RedrawOnResize))(self->libui_a->ah, self->libui_a))
-		[self->drawingView setNeedsDisplay:YES];
+	// we must redraw everything on resize because Windows requires it
+	[self->drawingView setNeedsDisplay:YES];
 }
 
 - (IBAction)hscrollEvent:(id)sender
diff --git a/examples/controlgallery/GNUmakefile b/examples/controlgallery/GNUmakefile
index 32017fbc..438a5d12 100644
--- a/examples/controlgallery/GNUmakefile
+++ b/examples/controlgallery/GNUmakefile
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
 OUT = controlgallery
 
 ifeq ($(OS),windows)
-linkto = ../../out/new.dll
+linkto = ../../out/libui.dll
 CC = i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
+ifeq ($(ARCH),amd64)
+CC = x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
+endif
 OUT = controlgallery.exe
 else
 ifeq ($(OS),darwin)
-linkto = ../../out/new.dylib
+linkto = ../../out/libui.dylib
 else
-linkto = ../../out/new.so
+linkto = ../../out/libui.so
 endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/examples/histogram/GNUmakefile b/examples/histogram/GNUmakefile
index 5925ca51..32a09a74 100644
--- a/examples/histogram/GNUmakefile
+++ b/examples/histogram/GNUmakefile
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
 OUT = histogram
 
 ifeq ($(OS),windows)
-linkto = ../../out/new.dll
+linkto = ../../out/libui.dll
 CC = i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
+ifeq ($(ARCH),amd64)
+CC = x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
+endif
 OUT = histogram.exe
 else
 ifeq ($(OS),darwin)
-linkto = ../../out/new.dylib
+linkto = ../../out/libui.dylib
 else
-linkto = ../../out/new.so
+linkto = ../../out/libui.so
 endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/examples/histogram/main.c b/examples/histogram/main.c
index a3ebb778..bae0bdae 100644
--- a/examples/histogram/main.c
+++ b/examples/histogram/main.c
@@ -172,12 +172,6 @@ static uintmax_t handlerVScrollMax(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int handlerRedrawOnResize(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area)
-{
-	// always redraw on resize; we don't scroll
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static int inPoint(double x, double y, double xtest, double ytest)
 {
 	// TODO switch to using a matrix
@@ -248,7 +242,6 @@ int main(void)
 	handler.Draw = handlerDraw;
 	handler.HScrollMax = handlerHScrollMax;
 	handler.VScrollMax = handlerVScrollMax;
-	handler.RedrawOnResize = handlerRedrawOnResize;
 	handler.MouseEvent = handlerMouseEvent;
 	handler.DragBroken = handlerDragBroken;
 	handler.KeyEvent = handlerKeyEvent;
diff --git a/test/page6.c b/test/page6.c
index bb9c01f4..a2e90f50 100644
--- a/test/page6.c
+++ b/test/page6.c
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ static uintmax_t handlerVScrollMax(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area)
 	return uiSpinboxValue(vamount);
 }
 
-static int handlerRedrawOnResize(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area)
-{
-	// TODO make a checkbox
-	return uiSpinboxValue(hamount) == 0 && uiSpinboxValue(vamount) == 0;
-}
-
 static void handlerMouseEvent(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaMouseEvent *e)
 {
 	printf("mouse (%d,%d):(%d,%d) down:%d up:%d count:%d mods:%x held:%x\n",
@@ -97,7 +91,6 @@ uiBox *makePage6(void)
 	handler.ah.Draw = handlerDraw;
 	handler.ah.HScrollMax = handlerHScrollMax;
 	handler.ah.VScrollMax = handlerVScrollMax;
-	handler.ah.RedrawOnResize = handlerRedrawOnResize;
 	handler.ah.MouseEvent = handlerMouseEvent;
 	handler.ah.DragBroken = handlerDragBroken;
 	handler.ah.KeyEvent = handlerKeyEvent;
diff --git a/test/page7.c b/test/page7.c
index 3428b1fa..fe0d0ea8 100644
--- a/test/page7.c
+++ b/test/page7.c
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ static uintmax_t handlerVScrollMax(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int handlerRedrawOnResize(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static void handlerMouseEvent(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaMouseEvent *e)
 {
 	// do nothing
@@ -111,7 +106,6 @@ uiBox *makePage7(void)
 	handler.ah.Draw = handlerDraw;
 	handler.ah.HScrollMax = handlerHScrollMax;
 	handler.ah.VScrollMax = handlerVScrollMax;
-	handler.ah.RedrawOnResize = handlerRedrawOnResize;
 	handler.ah.MouseEvent = handlerMouseEvent;
 	handler.ah.DragBroken = handlerDragBroken;
 	handler.ah.KeyEvent = handlerKeyEvent;
diff --git a/ui.h b/ui.h
index 33532dcf..6db88349 100644
--- a/ui.h
+++ b/ui.h
@@ -262,8 +262,7 @@ struct uiAreaHandler {
 	void (*Draw)(uiAreaHandler *, uiArea *, uiAreaDrawParams *);
 	uintmax_t (*HScrollMax)(uiAreaHandler *, uiArea *);
 	uintmax_t (*VScrollMax)(uiAreaHandler *, uiArea *);
-	// TODO this mightneed to be made obsolete since Direct2D requires us to redraw the entire backbuffer on a resize
-	int (*RedrawOnResize)(uiAreaHandler *, uiArea *);
+	// TODO document that resizes cause a full redraw
 	void (*MouseEvent)(uiAreaHandler *, uiArea *, uiAreaMouseEvent *);
 	void (*DragBroken)(uiAreaHandler *, uiArea *);
 	int (*KeyEvent)(uiAreaHandler *, uiArea *, uiAreaKeyEvent *);
diff --git a/unix/area.c b/unix/area.c
index 22aaada9..23088059 100644
--- a/unix/area.c
+++ b/unix/area.c
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ static void areaWidget_size_allocate(GtkWidget *w, GtkAllocation *allocation)
 	ap->clientWidth = allocation->width;
 	ap->clientHeight = allocation->height;
 	updateScroll(areaWidget(w));
-	if ((*(ap->ah->RedrawOnResize))(ap->ah, ap->a))
-		gtk_widget_queue_resize(w);
+	// we must redraw everything on resize because Windows requires it
+	gtk_widget_queue_resize(w);
 }
 
 static gboolean areaWidget_draw(GtkWidget *w, cairo_t *cr)
diff --git a/windows/area.c b/windows/area.c
index ca4d905a..8889f9af 100644
--- a/windows/area.c
+++ b/windows/area.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ ATOM registerAreaClass(HICON hDefaultIcon, HCURSOR hDefaultCursor)
 	wc.hIcon = hDefaultIcon;
 	wc.hCursor = hDefaultCursor;
 	wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) (COLOR_BTNFACE + 1);
-	// don't specify CS_HREDRAW or CS_VREDRAW; that's decided by the uiAreaHandler in RedrawOnResize()
+	// TODO specify CS_HREDRAW/CS_VREDRAW in addition to or instead of calling InvalidateRect(NULL) in WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED above, or not at all?
 	return RegisterClassW(&wc);
 }