Yeah I think window half/quarter screen snapping (with keyboard shortcuts, which XFCE has) fills all the benefit of a tiling wm I want, without the constraints and with the flexibility of a floating wm.
And I do heavily use tiles/panels in programs like Terminator and iTerm2 because it's helpful in a terminal context.
That's exactly how I have XFCE set up, with Super+Numpad keys bound to each half/quarter of the screen (Super+5 for maximize). Works great, and I can get all of the benefits of tiling without the limitations.
And I do heavily use tiles/panels in programs like Terminator and iTerm2 because it's helpful in a terminal context.