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Fences
Talisman Desktop
Cairo Shell
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BB4Win
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Dexpot
Sysinternals Desktops
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Virtual Dimension
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bbLeanI like a lot of the themes. It's still able to change the titlebar, taskbar, transparency, etc. However since the creator quit on the program, it has some bugs like the white bar in the file explorer or not being able to close/minimize firefox windows unless you right-click them.
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TIL bbLean [1] still works in Windows 11! Currently digging through my archives for my old BB4Win styles repository [1] https://bb4win.sourceforge.net/bblean/. - Source: Hacker News / 15 days ago
I used to love this stuff, I had a sick bblean setup. Now I'm old and lazy and I leave everything default and make my desktop background a solid color. Source: almost 3 years ago
This utility allows it https://totalspaces.binaryage.com/ You hit a keyboard shortcut, you get to the new space with 0 animation/transition. It can work with SIP on but only on macOS older than 10.14. They mention here this is due to some changes they make to the Dock https://totalspaces.binaryage.com/sip-details I'm not sure if the only part I care about (instant Spaces switching) would continue to work without... - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago
There is a little confusion as most macOS users are not familiar with the difference between a window manager and a window tiling manager. There are a ton of great window manager (Magnet is still one of the common ones around which you brought up, but Mosaic is my favorite. Most window apps have all the same or similar features, but Mosaic includes some really advanced layout options that you can save and then... Source: almost 3 years ago
Maybe it's a(n older) version of TotalSpaces? Source: almost 3 years ago
After macOS ditched the 2D space switching for the 1D thing, I got Total Spaces 2 which allows me to do the 2D space switching again. I absolutely love it and find it difficult to use the primitive built-in spaces management. However, I'm still on Big Sur v11.6, specifically because Monterey is wholly incompatible with Total Spaces, you can't even hack it to work. Unfortunately, Total Spaces 3 isn't out yet, and... Source: about 3 years ago
I also use their TotalSpaces2[3] which is an amazing Spaces manager. Highly recommend it if you run a lot of concurrent apps and windows. Once again, it's limited to <12.0 and Intel-only Macs, but they have a TotalSpaces3 in alpha they are working on trying to release at some point. Source: over 3 years ago
Fences - Keep your desktop organized with Fences. This is a simple software program that allows you to sort the tabs on your desktop and create files that are easily recognizable to you.
VirtuaWin - VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called 'workspaces').
Talisman Desktop - Talisman Desktop is a configurable Windows shell replacement introduced in 1997 by Lighttek...
Dexpot - If you don't have Dexpot yet, the new update makes it a must-have tool for Windows, adding a ton of features to your desktop that you never knew you wanted.
Cairo Shell - Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows.
Sysinternals Desktops - Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops.