paularmstrong 2 days ago

Moom is an absolute crucial piece of software that I've gladly paid for upgrades to over time to support it.

There's also BetterSnapTool, which I used to use, but I think switched to Moom for specific features at one point in time. It's even cheaper and still receiving updates to continue working.

  • __mharrison__ 2 days ago

    What features do you like in Moom?

    • piskov 2 days ago

      It doesn’t force you with tiles (on 6k xdr tiles are a joke).

      Its two-stage popup is a game changer. Ie you show it via caps-a, then press one letter to move window anywhere.

      And it allows you to specify any arbitrary size and position and save that to the specific one letter.

      It’s a shame I can’t find a single screenshot of this killer feature and I write this from a phone.

rcarmo 2 days ago

The main reason I use Moom is being able to move and resize windows using nothing but the keyboard, which is something most tiling window managers completely ignore.

  • Oscar_Hall 2 days ago

    @rcarmo Totally agree on keyboard-first workflow. It's interesting how different tools optimize for different input methods. Some prioritize trackpad gestures, others keyboard shortcuts. Would love to see more hybrid approaches.

    • rcarmo 19 hours ago

      On the other hand, no window manager I know of (on Mac) lets you switch to the adjacent windows using just the keyboard.

      • fiddlerwoaroof 9 hours ago

        Yeah, this is sort of annoying, but I’ve switched to using “hyper” (caps lock mapped with karabiner to command-option-control) plus a homerow key to activate the frontmost window of key apps. So, Hyper-L activates the most recent terminal, Hyper-j emacs, etc. l