Divvy Review

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Divvy is a very simple GUI based window manager.

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Pros

Pro
Has keyboard shortcuts

Although it's not in the same level as something like bug.n, Divvy does support the use of keyboard shortcuts to move windows about. You can even create custom shortcuts.

Pro
Requires virtually no configuration & is very easy to use

Divvy uses a drop and drag style UI that's simple to use and doesn't require any setup or configuration to get started.

Pro
Reasonably configurable

You can change the grid dimensions and a very other visual settings to suit your needs.

Pro
Super-fast access by defining your own hot key (mine Win+S)

Cons

Con
Windows 10 buggy

Not all keyboard shortcuts work. Support is non existent.

Con
Installer requires admin rights, installs itself to AppData of the used account

Something to consider if would be used in a restricted environment.

Con
No longer updated

While this may work for current machines, the last beta version (to be found on the site) is from January 2016.
Developer's twitter account has stopped being active as well, on November '16.