NSSplitView has been improved with Leopard 10.5. To implement a resize control (like the one at the bottom of the MailStyleNSSplitview page), you’ll need to set the delegate for the NSSplitView and then implement the following method in your delegate:
-(NSView* )resizeView {
  // TODO: return the view which contains the resize control
}
-(NSView* )splitView {
  // TODO: return the split view
}
-(void)awakeFromNib {
  self splitView] setDelegate:self];
}
-([[NSRect)splitView:(NSSplitView *)splitView additionalEffectiveRectOfDividerAtIndex:(NSInteger)dividerIndex {
  return self resizeView] convertRect:[[self resizeView] bounds] toView:splitView]; 
}