Bluetile

Yesterday, I complained about overlapping windows. But what should we do instead? Currently, most tiling window managers are not particularly user-friendly, but I do believe that a well designed tiling window manager could provide a better user experience than current window managers.

Here’s an example of an existing tiling window manager called Bluetile:

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Lukas Mathis

Hi. My name is Lukas Mathis. I studied Computer Science/Software Engineering and Ergonomics/Usability at ETH Zürich. I work as a software engineer and user interface designer for a swiss software company creating process management software. I've written a book about usability. My first computer was a Performa 450, my first programming language was HyperTalk, my first electric guitar was a cheap Peavey, my first videogame was a VCS 2600 and my current snowboard is from Lib Tech. I live in a small cottage in a remote part of the Swiss Alps, and you can reach me at or on twitter.

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