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I use SizeUp and have been very happy with it.
I use SizeUp to make up for the windows 7 feature I loved the most and being able to quickly scale and tile windows with keyboard shortcuts.
Works great and definitely worth the money.
I'm really surprised that he left out i3wm. It's lightweight and the tiling placement is surprisingly intuitive and simple. Here's the Google Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnYN2CTb1hM
Unfortunately, it's got some bugs, at least in the version packaged with Debian Wheezy, which ended up being a deal-breaker for me. One of the bugs is that when a container is vertically split, true transparency (with xcompmgr) gets messed up and you see a bunch of garbage in the background of the client.
I've also used AwesomeWM and xmonad, but both were too difficult to configure, especially because I don't know Haskell or Lua and I didn't want to learn a new language just to configure my wm, especially because I wouldn't use the languages for other purposes, and so I'd promptly forget the syntax and would have to re-learn it every time I wanted to change something in my wm.
I ended up switching to Openbox, and I'm still trying to decide whether it is for me.
I'm happy with tiled windows in Acme (editor/IDE) for daily work. The layouting algorithm (a simple one) does the right thing most of the time :^) My usual mode is Acme maximized on one screen, and browser, email and IM spread on the other. See it in action in rsc's screencast: http://research.swtch.com/acme
On Windows 8, WinKey + Left or Right are handy shortcuts.
I'm happy with tiled windows in Acme (editor/IDE) for daily work. The layouting algorithm (a simple one) does the right thing most of the time :^) My usual mode is Acme maximized on one screen, and browser, email and IM spread on the other. See it in action in rsc's screencast: http://research.swtch.com/acme
I really wanted to like it, but the lack of syntax highlighting drove me nuts.
If you're on OS X, I've found Slate to be the best option: https://github.com/jigish/slate It's open source, has a simple text file based config, and is generally more configurable than most other similar tools.
Additionally if you are using a Matrox device to get multiple screen support on your Mac, Slate comes in real handy. Rather than get 2 virtual screens the Matrox devices create one virtual screen that spans 2 monitors. Tiling managers like Slate are super helpful for snapping programs to monitors in cases like thos.
If you're on OS X, I've found Slate to be the best option: https://github.com/jigish/slate It's open source, has a simple text file based config, and is generally more configurable than most other similar tools.
+1 vote for me. Slate has been great. Additionally if you are using a Matrox device to get multiple screen support on your Mac, Slate comes in real handy. Rather than get 2 virtual screens the Matrox devices create one virtual screen that spans 2 monitors. Tiling managers like Slate are super helpful for snapping programs to monitors in cases like thos.