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Re:The Dank Case for Scrolling Window Managers by conwaytwitty on Friday January 30, 2026 @01:14AM (#46821109)
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

Re:The Dank Case for Scrolling Window Managers by green7ea on Friday January 30, 2026 @02:16AM (#46821427)
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.
Re:The Dank Case for Scrolling Window Managers by dddw on Friday January 30, 2026 @08:59AM (#46824445)
It is true, I moved to single monitor since using niri.