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The first time I have seen virtual desktops was on a UNIX workstation running the FVWM window manager in 1995, a couple of years before Window Maker's inital release.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_desktop
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> (up to the GNOME 1 days when it was still easy to run gnome-panel on top of WM) One more thing to mourn the loss of with Wayland i guess...
Why was this downvoted? Breaking backwards compatibility with every existing WM is legitimately a downside to Wayland.
Window Maker was my first encounter with virtual desktops and since I started using it I can no longer imagine working efficiently without virtual desktops. Was Window Maker the first manager that had virtual desktops?
The first time I have seen virtual desktops was on a UNIX workstation running the FVWM window manager in 1995, a couple of years before Window Maker's inital release.
The "half-maximized" feature sounds great, and one of the things that I feel like no one has right, still. Windows has actually gotten pretty good, surprisingly (drag to corners to get a quarter screen window, drag to sides to get half screen). Gnome is clumsier than I'd like. I really would love a window manager that handles tiling well, but doesn't require complete buy-in to a fully tiled concept. I doubt I'll be g…
Holy shit on a shingle... how did I not know about this magic incantation!
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Moom for Mac is great with near perfect functionality. Hover over the "Fullscreen" button and you can select by a customizable grid for size and placement. Also quick half sized options.
I deeply love Moom because you can set it up to be tiled-with-gaps, which is ideal if you're still occasionally using your mouse to move stuff around.
Thanks for the tip on it!
The "half-maximized" feature sounds great, and one of the things that I feel like no one has right, still. Windows has actually gotten pretty good, surprisingly (drag to corners to get a quarter screen window, drag to sides to get half screen). Gnome is clumsier than I'd like. I really would love a window manager that handles tiling well, but doesn't require complete buy-in to a fully tiled concept. I doubt I'll be g…
If an API, 1.0 means stable. If an application, 1.0 means fully featured (as dictated by the author or community).
The "half-maximized" feature sounds great, and one of the things that I feel like no one has right, still. Windows has actually gotten pretty good, surprisingly (drag to corners to get a quarter screen window, drag to sides to get half screen). Gnome is clumsier than I'd like. I really would love a window manager that handles tiling well, but doesn't require complete buy-in to a fully tiled concept. I doubt I'll be g…
The "half-maximized" feature sounds great, and one of the things that I feel like no one has right, still. Windows has actually gotten pretty good, surprisingly (drag to corners to get a quarter screen window, drag to sides to get half screen). Gnome is clumsier than I'd like. I really would love a window manager that handles tiling well, but doesn't require complete buy-in to a fully tiled concept. I doubt I'll be g…
> Windows has actually gotten pretty good, surprisingly (drag to corners to get a quarter screen window, drag to sides to get half screen) Holy shit on a shingle... how did I not know about this magic incantation!
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> Windows has actually gotten pretty good, surprisingly (drag to corners to get a quarter screen window, drag to sides to get half screen) Holy shit on a shingle... how did I not know about this magic incantation!
Even better then: try the Win key + arrow keys.
With those two features now in Windows (for a while) I could finally drop my autohotkey windowing script.
The "half-maximized" feature sounds great, and one of the things that I feel like no one has right, still. Windows has actually gotten pretty good, surprisingly (drag to corners to get a quarter screen window, drag to sides to get half screen). Gnome is clumsier than I'd like. I really would love a window manager that handles tiling well, but doesn't require complete buy-in to a fully tiled concept. I doubt I'll be g…