i’ve been thinking of what the most efficient way to use your monitor or screen space is? do you usually just use windows that cover the whole screen? or how do you divide your windows and apps on the screen? do you leave for example firefox window cover the whole screen? and just alt + tab to other programs or apps?
I use an iPhone and iPad for all my personal computing stuff, so this is just my work setup. 4k 32” that has most things:
- left 1/4ish is MS Teams
- middle 1/3ish is Arc (had been Chrome)
- top right 1/4ish is iMessage
- bottom right 1/4ish is MS To-Do
MB Pro is open to the right of the 32”, always had Outlook.
My main actual non-web applications are Excel and Word, and those float around wherever is important for the moment, usually multiple, side by side.
I use an application called Moom to arrange the standard stuff into pre-defined regions.
I use gridmove when working on Windows. A little fussy to set up new templates, but allows complete control over window placement. Like others, I use a different set up depending on what I’m working on. My large main monitor is often split with my IDE taking up 2/3 of the screen and my documentation on the other 1/3.
When working on a laptop with a smaller screen, I often use virtual desktops and split my windows among them. I find it faster to switch between apps that way, knowing exactly where they are in relation to my current screen, compared to alt tabbing through a bunch of windows.
I usually have apps take up the full screen when working - up to three displays (but sometimes even that’s not enough.
Windows 11 has basic window management functionality with Snap Layouts, but with the FancyZones power toy, you can customise the available layouts.
Using workspaces is great (at least in linux), otherwise lookin into other window managers could be beneficial. I use i3-gaps on my small laptop, and gnome on desktop and I frequently swap and split up everything I do into workspaces.
Currently I just use a shortcut window manager that allows me to sort windows semi automatically. But definitely looking to go a similar route @Dr.Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
I recently upgraded to an ultrawide monitor and have been making ample use of Windows’s virtual desktops and FancyZones. I have a thumb button on my mouse set to bring up the Win+Tab menu and jump between setups for work, gaming, projects, etc.
I never really used virtual desktops previously (usually on a laptop where it didn’t make a huge difference) but the combination with FancyZones has really been a game changer. I’m sure some linux folks are laughing at this being considered a novelty, but it’s a very seamless setup.
I never really used virtual desktops previously (usually on a laptop where it didn’t make a huge difference)
Interesting. I’ve always found myself using virtual desktops significantly more on smaller screens, because they allow me to have multiple apps fullscreened at the same time and switch between them with touchpad gestures.
Tiling window manager.
This guy gets it.
