Swish vs Window Tidy
When comparing Swish vs Window Tidy, the Slant community recommends Swish for most people. In the question“What is the best window manager for Mac?” Swish is ranked 8th while Window Tidy is ranked 33rd. The most important reason people chose Swish is:
Gestures are faster than dragging or keyboard shortcuts.
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Pros
Pro Best window manager for trackpad power users
Gestures are faster than dragging or keyboard shortcuts.
Pro Multi-monitor and spaces support
Switch intuitively between screens and spaces based on their physical location.
Pro Sleek and intuitive
Pro Easy to use
Intuitive gestures, doesn't get in the way like BetterTouchTool.
Pro Custom grid offsets
The default setting uses a clean single-pixel divider without any overlaps.
Pro Matches the Mac language
Pro Fast
Just squeezing on top of an icon to close the app is a breeze compared to right clicking and selecting "quit," using Command + Q, or APP NAME -> Quit.
Pro Easy drag and drop interface
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.
Pro Allows multiple workspace configurations
Window Tidy facilitates not just window sizes, but windows that are precisely sized to fit together to fill up the screen.
Pro Fine tune window sizes
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.
Cons
Con The tutorial within the app is not that thorough
Con Limited keybinding customization
Con Doesn't work - has been abandoned
Con Workspaces don't show up when you drag a window
Workspaces will only appear on one desktop, but not the others.