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> tiling window managers A tiny fraction of the already small number of linux users > revival of vim-like keybindings Probably less small, but still miniscul
by joshuapants 11y ago
> tiling window managers
A tiny fraction of the already small number of linux users
> revival of vim-like keybindings
Probably less small, but still miniscule. I do think it's safe to say the idea that "digital natives" would demand more powerful interfaces didn't come true.
- brudgers 11y agoWindows 8.1 has a tiling window interface. 8.0 tiled to a lesser degree.
- digi_owl 11y agoI wonder how much Windows 10 will add to that, as there you can drag windows into one of the corners to have it adopt a defined screen space.
- ams6110 11y agoHm. Having to drag windows at all seems to be a serious deficiency in a "tiled" implementation.
- digi_owl 11y agoSeems that at least on Windows 7 you could do Windows key plus arrow keys to do certain actions, left/right being dock to that edge, up maximize, down minimize. Not sure how they will be extending that in Windows 10.
- rsync 11y ago"A tiny fraction of the already small number of linux users" OSX has several tiling applications that work quite well - I have been using OSX as a tiling WM since 2009 and it works great. Prior to that I used ion3 in FreeBSD. It is a minority, but it's not at all limited to Linux users. Further, didn't I read that the new Windows had tiling built in in some capacity ?
- geon 11y agoWith OS X "splitscreen", tiling window management becomes very accessible. I use Spectacle, a window management utility. It is pretty limited since all it can do is resizing and moving windows, not take over their chrome completely, like fullscreen/splitscreen mode.