Initially I used C-x b (ido-switch-buffer) a lot when I want to jump between buffers of recent use.
Nowadays I bind command+, to previous-buffer and command+. to next-buffer, and found it easier and quicker to switch between two or three recent used buffers, but the downside is there's no ido-like list prompt (so I know where I am in the history list of buffer use).
So the question is how to get an ido-like list showing when I call previous-buffer or next-buffer to do the switching.
previous-bufferandnext-bufferto additionally emit a message indicating the buffers that would follow. You might like toM-x report-emacs-bugand request this new feature. - Stefan