on niri

7 Jul 2025

11 messages • Discord

17 May 2025
fjpaz
new niri release with some nice interactions
19 May 2025
osnr
new niri release with some nice interactions

definitely sort of acme-like. nice that it's more constrained than classic overlapping windows. wonder if the spatiality is easier ot remember too
6 Jul 2025
fjpaz
iOS is softer than macOS is softer than Niri is softer than [other tiling WMs (are softer than …)]

https://x.com/jasonyuandesign/status/1941949969990304153
I think one of the reasons why iPadOS with keyboard/trackpad just feels “off” is because the OS was originally designed for “softness” of fingers—squishy, fluid, stretchy…. But trackpad and keyboard are “hard.” On or off, one or zero. MacOS feels “hard.” Using “hard” inputs for a “soft” OS feels…odd.

I’m not sure how you would try to harmonize hard and soft into one unified GUI and have it outperform dedicated experiences designed for one or the other. Many really really smart and capable folks have worked hard on this over the years… but I feel like the core issue is more “fundamental.” And a part of me wonders if Apple will just continue to redo windowing / multitasking / iPad OS every year until the end of time

— sent from my iPad Pro with keyboard

actually I think Niri is softer than macOS.. depending maybe on configured animations
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fjpaz
wonder if the spatiality is easier ot remember too

in my experience it mostly is, in part because they're arranged vertically (which I didn't really like at first)

just added a second monitor for the first time a few days ago, which is really interesting and makes each workspace feel more like an extension of each monitor

and I overall like it better

but the workspace location is a bit too fluid / not-fixed in my mind and I do get a bit lost; workspaces get fairly messy

new niri release with some nice interactions

I find myself almost never using this feature

also I think I get lost less on my laptop than I did on my (significantly more spacious) single-monitor desktop

but I haven't really worked properly on it very much

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