i3 4.18
I guess tiling window managers should be considered more of a specialized niche tool, and in that it is commendable that i3 does such a good job of it. I do really admire it for being so light-weight on resources compared to a lot of the other more popular WMs.<p>I say a niche tool because I've never really understood why someone would prefer a Window Manager that places a lot of constraints than one that  lets you controls / customize the windows as you please and is thus "freer".<p>I guess it can seem useful for, say, multiple terminal windows. But would suck for a scenario where you have to open different kinds of applications like a browser, file manager, video converter, movie player, terminal  etc. etc. (just citing all the apps I have open now and am multi-tasking with) where the ability to stack them would prove to be more productive for the user.<p>That even control freaks like Apple, who like to think only they know what's best for their consumers, doesn't use a tiling only WM in their OS is telling. Even Microsoft switched from a tiling WM from Windows 2.0 on wards and has stuck to it (Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager</a> ).