> The UI is... I don't know, I can never predict where a buffer will appear. Emacs in general will pop up a lot of buffers. Sometimes you can close them with q

> The UI is... I don't know, I can never predict where a buffer will appear. Emacs in general will pop up a lot of buffers. Sometimes you can close them with q, sometimes you will have to hide them. "Inconsistent" is the word which comes into my mind. In my workflow I embrace the chaos: commands/mode open windows as needed and I use winner-mode to restore my layout. For example, if I have two side-by-side code windows open and I open magit with c-x g, it will create a new vertical split. Once I'm done with magit, I can use winner-undo once (or thrice depending on what magit ops I did) and it restores the original layout.