I've been intending to try ratpoison this weekend. One concern I had was
regarding the browser. Of course I could use lynx, but a browser is one of
the most important GUI programs I use. I might as well not even run X
Windows!
So now that you mention Conkeror, I am excited to try it all out.
I used i3wm and liked the whole tiling concept. I've used a lot of window
managers over the last 14 years--it is almost a hobby!
I love keybindings so I will probably like Ratpoison. Besides since you are
so thrilled with it, you mention it at every turn, I might as well try it and
get it over with! :-)