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conwaytwittytoday at 6:14 AM1 replyview on HN

Niri demo video actually looks kinda cool, could be nice to use on a laptop when there's no access to multiple external monitors, so that you could just pop a log/tool/whatever window to the side without fulling swapping workspaces xmonad/i3/hyprland/etc style.

But with 2+ screens available I'd think at least for me the usefulness would diminish, even if you'd have per monitor scrolling


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green7eatoday at 7:16 AM

I'm using niri with two screens at work and it's been very nice. I don't open windows on the side as you suggest but I believe that can be done with custom bindings and/or window rules.