An unofficial subreddit dedicated to the Sway window manager, a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager, but for Wayland instead of X11. I think

Sway + WSLg + Windows 11 : swaywm

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2021-07-08 00:30:05

An unofficial subreddit dedicated to the Sway window manager, a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager, but for Wayland instead of X11.

I think it was definetly an evolution. In Settings I like that they've dropped the homepage grid and used the lateral menu for the categories (like GNOME Settings did). The Quick Settings occupying only the necessary space instead of the whole side of the screen is also a step forward, but now the Alt+Tab window switcher pane occupies the entire screen (why?). On the other hand, what got my attention was that in Microsoft Store they put the search input in the title bar, but in the File Explorer -- besides not using the title bar -- they have wasted a lot of space with buttons like Copy and Paste. In general, they are clearly moving slowly in the direction of macOS and GNOME.

The usability is (for me) pretty much similar as it was in Windows 10. I think some people might not have liked the new start menu as there is an extra step to access the application list. Also, at the moment the option to enable smaller buttons on taskbar is not available. Autohide is working, though.

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