[johnkchow]

One of my favorite plugins that hasn't been mentioned so far is vim-powerline https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline. It makes Vim have a really polished look to it, and more important: tells you which Git branch you're currently in.

[tomjakubowski]

For me, vim-powerline gives a much stronger visual indicator of the current mode. Changing the color of the whole statusline really stands out.