Slate vs Window Tidy

Slate is similar to Linux WMs like Xmonad in that it is nearly infinitely configurable. You can either use the default configuration file or just Javascript for very complex/dynamic settings. Slate also offers editing a ".js" or a ".slate" file for configuration.

Hotkeys can be set to re-size and focus windows, as well as activate layout presets.

Slate is completely free to download and use, which is a great option in a field of Mac WMs that often costs money to use.

Slate allows for customizing the config file in order to emulate tiling windows.

By using a feature called "snapshots", users can set up different default window layouts in Slate that they can switch to and from on the fly.

Slate offers window hints which are an intuitive way to change window focus.

When you want to resize a window you just drag it on the screen and your configured workspaces appear immediately, semi-transparent. Then you just drag and drop your window above the configuration that you want to use.

Window Tidy facilitates not just window sizes, but windows that are precisely sized to fit together to fill up the screen.

You can set up windows to fit as large or as small of an area on your screen as you would like. For example, if you want a 1/3 left, 1/3, center, 1/9 top right, 1/9 center right, and 1/9 bottom right, you can and it is easy to set up.