Name it, I've used it. I prefer full-screen, one-task-at-a-time if I can have it, no matter what you may like. Neither side is wrong (or doing it wrong). I just don't want the stuff I'm not using right now to be there. Period.
Well, you're wrong in that you seem to think I was trying to convince you of something. I was just curious as to your setup, since my habits run similar.
Personally, I use ratpoison, typically with one window full-screen.
Many, many years (just about 30 of them, in fact) of people telling me I really, really want tiled or overlapping windows despite my protestations have conditioned me to expect it.