On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote:

> I'm not against buffers but against the general UI flow, which requires
> either mouse clicks or hitting `C-x o'.
>

For me the crucial difference between mini-buffer completion and pop is
that one does not alter the layout of my windows while the other does.
 Have a helpful list of suggestions to the right while my cursor remains
undisturbed is very intuitive.  By contrast having a new window pop up
moves _my_ focus but fails to move emacs' focus.  I would be very happy if,
having configured emacs to pop a completion buffer emacs' focus moved there
immediately.

/john