Personally I've moved from tmux to a tiling window manager with urxvtd. Less fiddly day-to-day and doesn't get locked up and horrible.
Tabbing and whatnot are something the WM (in my case, i3) handle far better than a specific program.
Tabbing and whatnot are something the WM (in my case, i3) handle far better than a specific program.
For example it also allows you to detach/reattach your running session, which is invaluable if you're working remotely, and especially if you have a flaky connection. I've used it in several instances where there is more than one person handling DB upgrades and the like. You can have several panes/tabs open, vim with upgrade notes, and everyone connecting and working as needed. It beats the crap out of constant copying/pasting pieces of code and terminals on some IM program to make sure everyone sees what you're seeing.
I usually also end up running it locally and bypassing the terminal emulator and WM's multiplexing abilities, but it's more out of a desire to use the same tool whether I'm running locally or on some remote box. If you don't need the latter, it's a bit harder to justify using it, even though it still has some advantages, like generally being more scriptable.
I use dtach(1) for this. I'm sure tmux is far more powerful, but dtach is much simpler and does all I need at this point. It's still less than a year since I learned Vim, so I'm taking a break from learning arcane programs with a zillion options for a while :P
also, running tmux locally has the advantage that if you need to leave the office or go somewhere, you can still reattach to your work machine and pick up from where you left off.. so, in a sense, everything is remote
Also, Is there any reason not to use just urxvt (without the client/daemon setup)? I've never had a crash that has brought down all of my clients, however.
at the time, I think I was on some kind of network where urxvt's terminfo wasn't likely to be installed anywhere. I know I could install it everywhere in ~/.terminfo or whatever, but it was a pain to get to a new host and realize that I hadn't set it up. I went back to xterm.