However, I often need three things side by side, and I frequently don’t need more than two-out-of-three things side by side but with an easy way to switch between them. I usually have two different apps side-by-side, something you can comfortably fit within the dimensions of a regular laptop screen. It’s super optimized for the way I work on a computer. What fascinated me about Cardboard was the core mechanics of its STWM. I’ve moved back to using a more battle-tested traditional stacking WM for now.

I couldn’t keep using it even though I was highly motivated and interested. I contributed a quick start guide to the project’s documentation if you still want to give it a go.Ĭardboard has its fair share of quirks and it crashes every so often. It doesn’t have any default keyboard shortcuts or a global toolbar with niceties like a clock and system power controls.Ĭardboard gives you a blank slate, and you need to configure it to get a useful experience. It doesn’t support drag-and-drop and other features most people would consider being necessities.

The WM isn’t suitable for day-to-day use by most users.

Windows 10 window management