diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9fec5f0f3..b05d13d89 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-03-17  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+	* src/resizepopup.c (ensure_tick_windows): turn off the tick
+	marks, that got annoying after about 5 minutes. One big shape 
+	window instead of lots of little windows might fix it.
+
 2002-03-17  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* src/resizepopup.c: Add some total crackrock resize-grid 
diff --git a/src/resizepopup.c b/src/resizepopup.c
index 52a8cc6fd..56972b40f 100644
--- a/src/resizepopup.c
+++ b/src/resizepopup.c
@@ -469,6 +469,9 @@ ensure_tick_windows (MetaResizePopup *popup)
   if (popup->horizontal_tick_windows != NULL ||
       popup->vertical_tick_windows != NULL)
     return;    
+
+  /* FIXME the current implementation sucks too much to enable. */
+  return;
   
   max_x = gdk_screen_width ();
   max_y = gdk_screen_height ();