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Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by Bud on Thursday May 15, 2014 @10:20AM (#7749539)
He means without the several sets of bezels you'd normally have from the normal way of getting this much screen area, i.e., by having several monitors.
Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by RobotCaleb on Thursday May 15, 2014 @10:40AM (#7749653)
How does one handle window placement in a single monitor setup like that? I quite often use Windows' fill right, fill left, maximize, fill height options for window arrangement.
Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by michaelbuckbee on Thursday May 15, 2014 @02:12PM (#7751173)
When I got my Seiki I basically tried all of the different Mac Window managers, most of them were immediately out of the running as they couldn't support a large enough grid to make sense (2x2 was the standard). With Divvy I could set up a 6x6 grid which is perfect as you can easily set global shortcuts to treat it as either a 3x3 grid or a 2x3 grid with your keyboard shortcuts on the Command and Numpad (see image) http://imgur.com/3E474eP This is awesome as you don't have to really 'remember' a bunch of shortcuts as the keyboard grids look just like what your screen grids are.
Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by robterrell on Thursday May 15, 2014 @11:39AM (#7750063)
For Mac OS X, check out Moom (on the Mac App Store). It lets you arrange windows in various nice ways via clicks or keystrokes.
Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by wmf on Thursday May 15, 2014 @12:22PM (#7750410)
I second the recommendation of Moom; its grid layout can go beyond the 2x2 that most other tools support and its window snapshot restoration is great for laptops.
Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by wernercd on Thursday May 15, 2014 @01:36PM (#7750932)
http://winsplit-revolution.com/ is a good option.

Haven't tried others because this has been simple to setup and has easy shortcuts that use cntrl+alt+keypad to move window into various spots.

Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by RobotCaleb on Thursday May 15, 2014 @02:10PM (#7751153)
Thanks, I'll check it out.

(15 minutes later)

Okay, this is great. It just works. Thanks for the recommendation.

Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by alex_c on Thursday May 15, 2014 @11:36AM (#7750038)
I use a 39" Seiki with my MacBook, and managing windows is a relatively minor but real annoyance. I just drag and resize manually, and usually end up with overlapping windows of different sizes all over the place. I still love the display and would never go back, but it feels like I'm not using it quite as effectively as I could.

I suspect this is a gap that will be filled pretty quickly once these monitors become more common.

Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by pwython on Thursday May 15, 2014 @11:50AM (#7750134)
Have you tried BetterSnapTool? It's one of the most useful apps I use. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580?m...
Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by math0ne on Thursday May 15, 2014 @02:06PM (#7751123)
Check out divvy: https://mizage.com/divvy/
Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by sixothree on Thursday May 15, 2014 @12:03PM (#7750243)
And on Windows running both AllSnap and AllSnap64 help me a great deal, even though I'm still on smaller monitors.
Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by dlevine on Thursday May 15, 2014 @11:44AM (#7750096)
I use SizeUp for Mac. It lets you resize windows and move them between monitors/spaces
Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by rane on Thursday May 15, 2014 @02:41PM (#7751358)
Possibly with this, https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst

> Tiling window manager for OS X similar to xmonad

Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by dublinben on Thursday May 15, 2014 @12:41PM (#7750572)
Presumably using a tiling window manager would solve that problem entirely. The window management in Windows/OS X is positively archaic compared to what you can get in Linux these days.
Re:Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640 by math0ne on Thursday May 15, 2014 @02:05PM (#7751115)