While I use xmonad and love it, I would have a hard time teaching my spouse (or parents, or child, or even most of my co-workers) how the layout and controls wo

While I use xmonad and love it, I would have a hard time teaching my spouse (or parents, or child, or even most of my co-workers) how the layout and controls work. "Normal" window managers have a nice "physical" interaction model that is fairly easy to grasp. Click to bring a window to the front; click and drag to move it to the location and size that you want.