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Why do web browsers feel out of place? When I'm using a web browser, it's almost always either taking up a whole screen or exactly half of one--it may as well b

by tikhonj 13y ago

Why do web browsers feel out of place? When I'm using a web browser, it's almost always either taking up a whole screen or exactly half of one--it may as well be tiled already! So when I switched to XMonad, using browsers still felt very natural. Perhaps it's just a cosmetic issue? For example, if you're using Chrome, you have to configure it to use system borders--otherwise it just looks wrong. I also set my Firefox up to be much more minimalistic, which looks much better with a tiling WM.

pbogdan 13y ago
Could you share any details about your setup?
- tikhonj 13y ago
  I didn't really do much customization. For FireFox, I just used a different theme and got rid of all the UI bits I didn't use. For Chrome, I only set it to use system borders. I didn't even configure XMonad very much--the defaults are very well thought out. In practice, it looks like this: Firefox: http://jelv.is/xmonad-ff.png http://jelv.is/xmonad-ff.png Chrome: http://jelv.is/xmonad-chrome.png http://jelv.is/xmonad-chrome.png Tiled: http://jelv.is/xmonad-tiled.png http://jelv.is/xmonad-tiled.png The only real problem I've had is that form widgets are rather ugly. I think this should be easy enough to change, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
ics 13y ago
Completely agree– I absolutely love having my browser tiled. Every time I look up and realize I'm still in OS X and can't split my browser window something twitches and I contemplate booting up a VM so it doesn't happen again while I'm in the zone. I'd also be interested in seeing what modifications you've made though– I don't think I configured very much and even though I don't use Chrom(ium) as my primary browser I never really took issue with the way it looked. In Firefox I just hide everything and use Pentadactyl.
- X-Istence 13y ago
  Take a look at ShiftIt, it's a Mac application that gives you keyboard shortcuts to move windows around. I absolutely love it, so I get to keep my OS X while having some of the features I miss from tiling window managers.
  - bodhi 13y ago
    Divvy's another good one for this, and you can define your own regions. Maybe this is possible with ShiftIt too? http://mizage.com/divvy/ http://mizage.com/divvy/
  - ics 13y ago
    I use Zephyros now (after going full neckbeard with my Slate config) but until I spend more time with the configuration it's still a couple extra keystrokes where in Xmonad I'd have already handled it. But at least we have some choices :)
Touche 13y ago
GTK look hideous in every tiling am I've tried. Xterm, xvclock, etc look gorgeous in that setting.
- FireBringer 13y ago
  You have to manually set the gtk theme you want because you don't have a desktop environment to set it for you.

by tikhonj 13y ago

pbogdan 13y ago

Could you share any details about your setup?

tikhonj 13y ago
I didn't really do much customization. For FireFox, I just used a different theme and got rid of all the UI bits I didn't use. For Chrome, I only set it to use system borders. I didn't even configure XMonad very much--the defaults are very well thought out. In practice, it looks like this: Firefox: http://jelv.is/xmonad-ff.png http://jelv.is/xmonad-ff.png Chrome: http://jelv.is/xmonad-chrome.png http://jelv.is/xmonad-chrome.png Tiled: http://jelv.is/xmonad-tiled.png http://jelv.is/xmonad-tiled.png The only real problem I've had is that form widgets are rather ugly. I think this should be easy enough to change, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

ics 13y ago

Completely agree– I absolutely love having my browser tiled. Every time I look up and realize I'm still in OS X and can't split my browser window something twitches and I contemplate booting up a VM so it doesn't happen again while I'm in the zone. I'd also be interested in seeing what modifications you've made though– I don't think I configured very much and even though I don't use Chrom(ium) as my primary browser I never really took issue with the way it looked. In Firefox I just hide everything and use Pentadactyl.

X-Istence 13y ago
Take a look at ShiftIt, it's a Mac application that gives you keyboard shortcuts to move windows around. I absolutely love it, so I get to keep my OS X while having some of the features I miss from tiling window managers.
- bodhi 13y ago
  Divvy's another good one for this, and you can define your own regions. Maybe this is possible with ShiftIt too? http://mizage.com/divvy/ http://mizage.com/divvy/
- ics 13y ago
  I use Zephyros now (after going full neckbeard with my Slate config) but until I spend more time with the configuration it's still a couple extra keystrokes where in Xmonad I'd have already handled it. But at least we have some choices :)

Touche 13y ago

GTK look hideous in every tiling am I've tried. Xterm, xvclock, etc look gorgeous in that setting.

FireBringer 13y ago
You have to manually set the gtk theme you want because you don't have a desktop environment to set it for you.