Brodie Robertson
I must have missed this but @tbernard wrote a blog post about the new basically tiling system being mocked up for GNOME https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2023/07/26/rethinking-window-management/
Rethinking Window Management

Window management is one of those areas I'm fascinated with because even after 50 years, nobody's fully cracked it yet. Ever since the dawn of time we've relied on the window metaphor as the primary way of multitasking on the desktop. In this metaphor, each app can spawn one or more rectangular windows, which are...

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Show threadKevin Karhan Jul 31, 2023
@BrodieOnLinux @tbernard better than #WinTile?
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1723/wintile-windows-10-window-tiling-for-gnome/
WinTile - GNOME Shell Extensions

Show threadBrodie RobertsonJul 31, 2023
@kkarhan @tbernard The way I understand it, is it's not tiling in the standard sense it's taking a lot more care to respect the sizing of the windows being tiled so as to not cause typical tiling issues. Along with also providing the user a lot of control over how windows can be placed
Show threadKevin Karhan Jul 31, 2023

@BrodieOnLinux @tbernard makes sense, as I'm convinced it's not done with some simple extension but actually a lot of work.

And whilst Windows isn't a good example, the basic tiling functionality and ability to just use Super + Arrow Keys to just move and resize applications is super intuitive and I hope that to be used there as well...

Show threadMair Jul 31, 2023

@BrodieOnLinux @tbernard idk if this will be any better than pop shell, which is already excellent

At this point, using a DE without autotiling (in my case Gnome with pop shell) feels painful

Show threadBrodie RobertsonJul 31, 2023
@Mair_ @tbernard The video of the mockup will explain it much better than I can in 500 characters https://youtu.be/WVWrllJQJ_s?t=17321
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Show threadMair Jul 31, 2023
@BrodieOnLinux @tbernard yeah just read it, that was honestly a superfluous comment and I should have just read the article lol, my apologies
Show threadAmadeus PaulussenJul 31, 2023
@BrodieOnLinux @tbernard I am thrilled to see where this will go. ☺️
Show threadNiceMicroAug 1, 2023

@BrodieOnLinux @tbernard This mosaic layout looks really interesting!

I'm personally on a dynamic tiler, and I really like it (with 9 virtual workspaces), but it indeed looks weird sometimes to see like a control panel with two sliders take up the whole screen. I just personally don't care that it's ugly for that 20 seconds I need to use 😂

But FWIW, a new API through which an app can communicate what size it would feel comfortable being in seems promising.

#Linux #GUI #UX #UI

Show threaddrhoopoeAug 1, 2023
@nicemicro @BrodieOnLinux @tbernard Of course with a lot of WMs you can set the window rules for control panels and the like to be floating, so they don't take up the whole screen like that. But only if you think it's worth the bother.