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I was scrolling on Reddit through some interesting configs for wayland/x11 window managers. While most of them are simply amazing, why so little of them are just simple? I am seriously missing some square frames in these types of configs. Most of the popular are made on wayland/hyprland, so majority of the bars and windows are just rounded. I think that it takes away some of the professional edge and may be troublesome for some software.

While the configs are surely beautiful isn't it sacrificing functionality and screen estate for a 'wow' effect? I have a config written in i3wm, which is mostly stock, because I like it as it is. I was trying to switch to wayland, I have a config in riverwm (I really liked it), and I didn't see very much configs of riverwm on unixporn as well. Is it better to just have rounded edges and spaces between the windows, or am I just not accustomed to it? If so, then what configs should I look at, maybe you have some interesting configs yourself. I want to broaden my perspective, because for now I just don't get it

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[–] jak0b@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I also prefer i3 with minimal visual changes. I hate gaps, the rounded corners and animations when opening/moving windows. Sure it might look pretty on a screenshot, but using it is worse than a simple i3 that gets out of the way and you don't see it.