Ion should be easier to script. The very structure of the window management (WFrames, WTiling, WRoot or whatever) is really hard to get. Actually, the hooks aren't that easy,
Looking for files
Looking for files should be easy. I waste too much time cd-ing and tab-tabbing to get to where I want to. cdargs and fuzzyfinder to the rescue, hopefully.
I'll go through the trouble of defining a proper location for a file once, when I create it. I don't want to chase/reinfer such location again and again.
I'll need something like that funny search box the macs have that is implemented in a future-proof language (screw beagle)