Amethyst – A tiling window manager for OS X
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Re: Amethyst – A tiling window manager for OS X
#2Use this every day. Works great.
Re: Amethyst – A tiling window manager for OS X
#3Weird, I was literally just googling for this and found Amethyst. Seems nice.
I've noticed it gets a little slow to rearrange things sometimes with lots of windows but the functionality I need is all there.
Works great with my three screen setup too, which many tools like this don't.
Re: Amethyst – A tiling window manager for OS X
#4What's the benefit of using this vs. WMs like SizeUp?
I'm asking this question because I'm quite comfortable with SizeUp and don't understand if learning how to use a WM is worth it.
Re: Amethyst – A tiling window manager for OS X
#5What's the benefit of using this vs. WMs like SizeUp? I'm asking this question because I'm quite comfortable with SizeUp and don't understand if learning how to use a WM is worth it.
Seems to me that there are 2 big benefits over sizeup (though i'm basing this entirely on their website, i've not used it)
1 - With sizeup you have to manually move your apps around. With this, new windows are automatically tiled (and you can then move things around afterwards with the keyboard shortcuts)
2 - This seems like it supports more complex layouts (with various layouts built in)
Re: Amethyst – A tiling window manager for OS X
#6Weird, I was literally just googling for this and found Amethyst. Seems nice. I've noticed it gets a little slow to rearrange things sometimes with lots of windows but the functionality I need is all there. Works great with my three screen setup too, which many tools like this don't.
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#7I posted this yesterday in the thread about the Rust-written window manager, but it's relevant here as well.
There are plenty of apps that provide varying levels of window-manager functionality to OS X. I would try a couple out and see which feels right to you. I have tried most of them, and personally prefer Moom.
http://manytricks.com/moom/ http://mizage.com/divvy/ http://ianyh.com/amethyst/ http://spectacleapp.com/ https://github.com/fjolnir/xnomad https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580?m.... https://github.com/sdegutis/mjolnir
Re: Amethyst – A tiling window manager for OS X
#8Use it also. Cool tiling manager.
Re: Amethyst – A tiling window manager for OS X
#9I really just want a window manager that allows windows to snap to each other and the edges of the screen when resizing or moving them. Does something like that exist? I don't care for the pre-defined layouts or hotkeys, I just want to be able to visually drag/resize my windows and have them take up the most optimal amount of space.
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#10I like tiling managers, but dislike having predefined layouts. Being able to split any tile horizontally or vertically arbitrarily many times is the way to go (i.e. i3-style). Would like to see tiling wm authors to consider this option when starting new projects.