[rplst8]

For 99% of the coding I do, I use an IDE which is usually Eclipse. Though I like IntelliJ more, I just don't have the resources to pay for it where I work. That said, I do drop to vim for many things, mostly editing conf and properties files, stuff where the advantages of an IDE don't really play.

However, I've felt for a long time that most modern GUI based applications and windowing systems lack a truly comprehensive and slick way to navigate using the keyboard. And let's face it, that's what "power users" like about vim and the command line in general.

There are lots of keyboard short cuts for Eclipse, Visual Studio, and pretty much most popular GUI applications - the shortcuts just suck or are poorly documented - or both.

I find navigating with a mouse or trackpad to be cumbersome, slow, and inexact. A well though out keyboard based UI would be a welcome addition.

[cyphar]

I'd recommend i3 if you want a window manager that you can navigate with just the keyboard. I only ever have two things open in my i3 setup: a browser and a terminal. I might have VLC open if I want to watch a movie while working, but that's all I need and you can navigate everything with the keyboard (I use vimperator).