I think tiling is better, but to each their own. And tiling WMs don't mean everything is constantly changing. I think you have a good point about the sidebars

I think tiling is better, but to each their own. And tiling WMs don't mean everything is constantly changing. I think you have a good point about the sidebars of webpages. A lot of webpages don't cope very well with being put in a narrow window like documentation beside a code editor. A lot of cruft, padding, menubars etc tend to take up unmoveable space. It would be nice if we could pan and zoom that kind of stuff out of the way. But I personally use something in the middle. I have 9 virtual desktops (mapped directly to the numpad on my keyboard using KDE's shortcuts) with some static tiled configurations of the apps I use daily. This way I can quickly check an IM that comes in and snap back to my work stuff in an instant. But like I said, whatever works for you! I don't think it's a matter of one size fits all. The only thing I really miss about KDE is having virtual desktops switchable per monitor, not as a whole set of all monitors together :(