You seem to be framing it as an either-or decision.
> In a naive tiling window manager
Ok, so you're arguing with a straw man. Do you have a point worth trying to understand?
> In a naive tiling window manager
Ok, so you're arguing with a straw man. Do you have a point worth trying to understand?
A tiling window manager is a lot more useful if it doesn’t always tile, yes. The ones I’ve tried don’t seem to have a graceful way of saying “allow overlapping just this once”, but I’ve only tried a few of them (i3 is the one I remember most. I honestly can’t remember if I tried hyprland. If I did it was probably only for a few minutes.)
Now, you seem to be upset that I don’t “have a point worth trying to understand”, perhaps you can enlighten the class and explain why your tiling window manager of choice does this better? I’ve already described my ideal interaction, so if your WM does this well I’d love to hear about it. As it is right now, you seem to be the one who’s withholding details.