[mrshoe]

By far my favorite mouse killer is the Ion window manager (http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/).

Using the lua config I changed a bunch of the key bindings so that the entire environment behaves like vim. I can easily change windows using the vim directional keys, which are second nature by now. I never lose windows behind other windows.

After a few days in this environment you start looking for apps that provide a keyboard interface to all their functionality so you can throw away your mouse entirely.

Vimperator is a good example. Also, I use irssi (http://irssi.org/) for all chat and instant messaging. We modeled the chat interface for ShopTalk (http://shoptalkapp.com) after irssi for exactly this reason.

[silentbicycle]

The "cool programs" (http://suckless.org/common/cool_programs) page at suckless.org lists quite a few other keyboard-friendly programs.

dwm is also good, as are dmenu, screen and tmux.

[mad44]

Does anyone know of an emacs counterpart to this? (I am an emacs guy.) Thank you.

[surki]

StumpWM + Conkeror + Screen

EDIT: StumpWM video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKt_rVO960Q