>
> Why is showing the UI a problem?  You can always delete the window if
> you don't want to see it.  "C-x 0" is all it takes.
>

 I use a number of side-by-side windows, each typically contains one thing
I'm working on. If I do a search in one window, I don't want the content of
another to be obscured. C-x 0 is out of the question, as it would break the
side-by-side window layout.

    -- Anders