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0 pointswtbob10y ago0 comments

> Personally, I've been super happy with OS X for all purposes except servers, but to each their own, and that's where Linux (and the BSDs) shine – giving you access under the hood, which is awesome, but some of us just want the car to drive itself, so to speak.

I can understand that, but I just can't live without a tiling window manager. Every time I have to use a UI with movable windows I feel old-fashioned and clumsy. If you think about, tiling is the interface folks are used to with their phones and tablets already.

There's good UI research potential in discovering the ideal ways to indicate how to split, move &c. windows in a tiling WM.

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codezero10y ago

There are a bunch of decent tiling window managers on OS X but I don't know if any support a Common Lisp connection. Which one do you use on Linux, I'd like to check it out.

I've tried tiling wms in the past but they never stick for me, probably because most of my work is isolated to the browser and email, and I typically have each maximized on separate displays. I've always preferred my terminals to be backgrounded when not in use and to have all the tabs consolidated.

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0 pointswtbob10y ago0 comments

There's good UI research potential in discovering the ideal ways to indicate how to split, move &c. windows in a tiling WM.

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codezero10y ago

There are a bunch of decent tiling window managers on OS X but I don't know if any support a Common Lisp connection. Which one do you use on Linux, I'd like to check it out.

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