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I used i3wm for 5 years. I still miss it after switching to the new MBP 3 months ago. Using mouse to manage spaces is so tedious and wastes 2-3 seconds each t
by nowherebeen 4y ago
I used i3wm for 5 years. I still miss it after switching to the new MBP 3 months ago. Using mouse to manage spaces is so tedious and wastes 2-3 seconds each time, which added up quickly throughout the day.
- bartvk 4y agoDo you know about Amethyst? I've been told it's not as fast as i3 but I'm a happy user. https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
- nowherebeen 4y agoI tried it, it just wasn’t for me. I liked i3 because it was so simple and intuitive. I didn’t need to think, it was all muscle memory.
- cjaybo 4y agoWhat about Rectangle? When moving from i3 in Linux to Mac I tried Amethyst for a while but switched to Rectangle soon after and have used it since. Still haven't found anything truly comparable to i3, though.
- davidatbu 4y agoI was also a die hard i3wm fan who started using MacOS on a new job. I am currently a (mostly) happy user of Yabai. There's some blog posts from folks who made the same transition, lemme know if end up taking a look and still have questions, and I'll try to answer them.
- bonestamp2 4y agoTry BetterTouchTool or Magnet. Magnet's UI is a little nicer, but that doesn't really matter since you'll never see after you've set it up. I prefer BetterTouchTool because the shortcut keys are more flexible. Perhaps you can match the i3wm keys to leverage that existing muscle memory.