[HN Gopher] Moom 4: Next-generation window manager
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Moom 4: Next-generation window manager
Author : ctippett
Score : 59 points
Date : 2024-08-21 15:32 UTC (3 days ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (manytricks.com)
| nickandbro wrote:
| I use AeroSpace and I am really liking it
| <https://github.com/nikitabobko/AeroSpace>
|
| Seems this window manager is more like a drop in replacement for
| non-i3 users.
| ganksalot wrote:
| Thanks for the link, I've been using Rectangle for ~3 months
| and have liked it, but the autosize feature in AeroSpace seems
| really nice.
| mckn1ght wrote:
| Longtime Moom user, I've tried many others but this is the best
| IMO. The config plist is part of my dotfiles repo and I've been
| able to effortlessly port the settings between multiple new
| machines. Everything I need is available with just key chords.
|
| I am excited about a resizable settings window though!
| gjtorikian wrote:
| Ooooh, I'm always curious about how other Moom users set up
| their env. Mind sharing your dotfiles repo?
| drcongo wrote:
| I think I've been using Moom since v1 which is a very long
| time, I paid for this one before I'd even clicked the download
| button.
| mhd wrote:
| "Moom 4 is available now, and requires macOS 10.13 or newer."
|
| Always glad to see software that still aims for some backwards
| compatibility. Sure, it might require a bit more testing and/or
| handling some customer complaints, but not everyone is one the
| latest version or able to do that.
|
| (I do wonder whether a lot of that isn't just driven by either
| just accepting XCode defaults or some Swift stuff that has a very
| low range backwards)
| tchbnl wrote:
| Long time and very happy Moom user. Instantly bought a new
| license for Moom 4.
| jmclnx wrote:
| I wish this would have mention only for Apple in the title, I was
| thinking it was a WM for Linux and/or BSDs
| als0 wrote:
| Looks great. How can I get it to automatically tile my windows
| without using a hot key?
| NayamAmarshe wrote:
| I wish someone could just make PaperWM for MacOS. It's such a
| revolutionary idea!
| jryan49 wrote:
| https://github.com/mogenson/PaperWM.spoon
| squigz wrote:
| I've been a happy i3 user for many, many years. This is the
| first time I've ever considered switching. What a fascinating
| idea!
| timenova wrote:
| The thing with most of these macOS window managers is they lack
| support for workspaces, an essential feature in WMs like i3.
|
| macOS Workspaces are not the best to use, because switching
| between them causes an animation or at least a delay. I started
| using Aerospace [0] recently, and they've implemented virtual
| workspaces themselves which works much better than macOS
| Workspaces.
|
| I still have to configure Aerospace properly for multi-display
| setups, but it works really well with this i3-like config right
| out of the box [1]. And they have comprehensive docs too!
|
| I highly recommend trying out Aerospace if current macOS window
| management solutions aren't working well for you.
|
| [0] https://nikitabobko.github.io/AeroSpace/guide
|
| [1] https://nikitabobko.github.io/AeroSpace/goodness#i3-like-
| con...
| msravi wrote:
| Aerospace is great and such a releif for an incoming
| i3/regolith user. Tried yabai for a while, but switching
| workspaces still sucks. Aerospace solves this by creating its
| own virtual workspaces and hiding windows from other workspaces
| just off the viewable area and behind other windows of the
| current workspace.
| tsuru wrote:
| The first of this macOS WMs that implement something that
| understands the wayland protocol -- bridges it to macOS
| compositor or whatever -- will really have my money.
| JakeSc wrote:
| Looks very intriguing, will give this a try. As a windowing and
| task switching productivity nut, I built my own replacement for
| [?]+Tab, Switcheroo. Check it out here: https://switchfaster.com/
| dimator wrote:
| That's a neat idea! Any chance that a DMG can be made available
| outside the app store?
| nalzok wrote:
| You may want to check out
| [rcmd](https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/).
| alanwreath wrote:
| Looks interesting, it probably is more stable than yabai, but I
| still really love the simplicity (post install) of window
| managing
|
| https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k94qImbFKWE
| wellthisisgreat wrote:
| Can I bind arbitrary hotkey combos to different window positions/
| sizes? Like in better snap tool?
|
| E.g. "cmd opt >" to put the window at 1/3 width on the right side
| of the screen?
| dsp_person wrote:
| I'm always curious to see how people are selling desktop software
| like this. This developer has many other misc tools for sale on
| this website.
|
| Q: Are mac people more likely to look for and buy misc desktop
| utilities?
|
| I wonder about market size vs niche size for windows vs macos vs
| linux tools. Clearly windows is the biggest market, but I feel
| like I run into a lot of these niche macos utilities for sale,
| often here on hackernews.
|
| For linux which I'm most interested in, I have a harder time
| imagining people wanting to pay for a closed source tool. But am
| trying to note successes with people using patreon, itch.io, or
| github sponsors.
| Terretta wrote:
| > _Q: Are mac people more likely to look for and buy misc
| desktop utilities?_
|
| This has been one of _the_ options for well over a decade.
|
| And yes.
|
| Check out dozens of them less expensively using setapp:
|
| https://setapp.com/
|
| Many work on both MacOS and iOS (yes, iOS software paid for
| through a SetApp subscription).
| clircle wrote:
| I buy some MacOS utilities. There are some good ones out there,
| and I don't mind paying for things that make computers less
| grating.
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