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TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX
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Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX
#22Is there a good tiling wm for Windows too? Normally I use i3 on linux, but the few times I have to use Windows I really miss it.
Ditto. Like a few others here I prefer xmonad though, but there are certain things that I use Windows for and it is fairly disappointing to not have the wm functionality.
As for the tyler wm video...I absolutely abhor quicktime. Never have a good experience with it.
As for tyler...a few questions:
are there keyboard shortcuts for resizing the main window, switching the active window to the main, switching active window to another workspace (in OSXs case another monitor)?
how does it handle popups (like download dialogs, or update dialogs)?
can you set it to float certain applications or application types like you can with xmonad?
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#23Tyler is not ready for prime time. I saw this video a few monthes back, got excited and bought it. It took me less than 24 hours to turn it off due to various issues. It does not work well with various OS windows, windows like the adium contact list and other 'non standard sized' windows. If you use it with spaces, it often loses your settings if you tell it not to use on space number X. I could go on with the variet…
I bought it based on this thread and the video; I agree. I just decided to stop using it after 30 minutes, too many things don't really work.
Now how do I get my money back from the app store?
Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX
#24who uses QuickTime these days? jeez
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#25wow, the quicktime plugin installation routine in chrome is pretty horrible, then it hung for about 10 seconds. arg! to detail: visit website, get yellow bar for missing plugin install plugin reload tab browser hung for a bit told plugin was out of date, clicked update got sent to apple site to download new version downloaded binary, uac checks etc update went ahead, then asked to close all my quicktime applications,…
Fellow chrome user here, there was a video?!
Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX
#26Is there a good tiling wm for Windows too? Normally I use i3 on linux, but the few times I have to use Windows I really miss it.
[Windows key] + [left arrow] or [right arrow] acts as a poor man's tiling window manager.
Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX
#27This is a perfect example of the type of application where demoing before purchase is essential. I feel like I just lit $10 on fire. Additionally, I am more inclined to provide negative feedback via the MAS rather than sending the developer a helpful list of comments.
Hopefully the developer reads this thread and can comment on the possibility of publishing a demo outside the app store. A 7 day trial is trivial to implement.
Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX
#28Tyler is not ready for prime time. I saw this video a few monthes back, got excited and bought it. It took me less than 24 hours to turn it off due to various issues. It does not work well with various OS windows, windows like the adium contact list and other 'non standard sized' windows. If you use it with spaces, it often loses your settings if you tell it not to use on space number X. I could go on with the variet…
I bought it based on this thread and the video; I agree. I just decided to stop using it after 30 minutes, too many things don't really work. Now how do I get my money back from the app store?
In iTunes, when you're in the iTunes store, click on your email address in the top right corner to go into your account. Click the 'see all' for 'Purchase History' and then report a problem. If it's the last app you bought, click the button for it and then a link will display beside the price which you can click and fill out a form to ask for a refund.
Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX
#29This looks great but after browsing their twitter feed [1] I can see that they have troubles getting updates approved in the app store because of the sandboxing. [1] https://twitter.com/#!/reflareapps
Feeble excuse, you can easily get temporary entitlements from sandboxing in order to continue maintaining the product during the transition process. We've done this for a number of apps.
Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX
#30I use Optimal Layout http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout/ and it works pretty well. It's no Awesome WM, but the combination of Optimal Layout, Alfred and spaces (or is it called mission control now?) is "good enough".