Column view (i.e., side by side window) is almost unusable on a 12 inch monitor, and I could always get the same effect using Moom alone. Overall, I always ended up with maximized windows centered on my screen. I don’t remember exactly why I didn’t like Yabai but I think it also amount to the time I spent installing and customizing it. What I tried so far is hhtwm (too much of a hassle in terms of customization) and yabai (needs to disable SIP, as well as an additional app to manage keybindings). I usually use fullscreen mode only for mail (but I no longer use Mail app) or web browsing. This allows for quickly jumping between the apps using the app switcher ( - ), Mission Control or whatever. Up to now, I’ve been either using Emacs or a terminal spanning 2/3 of my screen, and lately maximized on screen using Moom facilities. It becomes hard to get anything useful if applications are not using 2/3 of the screen or simply in maximized or fullscreen mode when using the native display of the Macbook. At work I have a larger monitor, so tiling windows makes sense.

I already talked about tiling WM for Mac last year, and during the Summer. I’ve been trying another tiling window manager for my laptop (Macbook 12 inch).

Amethyst tiling