i3 has tabbing so that's a way to hide windows. However, I still prefer work spaces as a high level concept. One window I have always tabbed, namely my command

i3 has tabbing so that's a way to hide windows. However, I still prefer work spaces as a high level concept. One window I have always tabbed, namely my command line window for different machines. Occasionally during debugging I also move a tab on top of the monitor. Long before I used a tiling window manager I tried workspaces, too. But it just made the general chaos worse, not able to quickly find what I wanted. It's "too easy" to open a new window in the wrong workspace. Maybe just a psychological difference, with tiling I have learned not to create a mess.