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by Vecrios 4195 days ago
What's the benefit of using this vs. WMs like SizeUp?

I'm asking this question because I'm quite comfortable with SizeUp and don't understand if learning how to use a WM is worth it.

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Seems to me that there are 2 big benefits over sizeup (though i'm basing this entirely on their website, i've not used it)

1 - With sizeup you have to manually move your apps around. With this, new windows are automatically tiled (and you can then move things around afterwards with the keyboard shortcuts)

2 - This seems like it supports more complex layouts (with various layouts built in)

That is generally correct. I wrote a longer comment about this but SizeUp is about manually managing windows and Amethyst is about letting software manage windows for you. It's generally a matter of personal preference which you prefer.
In case anyone looking for the referenced comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8769044