For me, it is to avoid context switch. I'll have all the files I need open in different tabs and switch between them. If I need to cross reference something, I'

For me, it is to avoid context switch. I'll have all the files I need open in different tabs and switch between them. If I need to cross reference something, I'll open it in a new pane. Personally, I like being able to see the filename in the tab and just hit gt or Gt a few times than to bring up the buffers list (with or without Ctrl-P) and type the filename. That being said, I love spacemacs and it doesn't have tabs (or I haven't researched that enough) where I make do with fuzzy searching through buffers.