Hi all,
You certainly have been busy this year. Congratulations for completing
release 11.2.
I apologise for this rather long and rambling post but these things have
been bugging me for some time.
Things not right with Apache NetBeans 11.2 (Although many of these have
been present since NetBeans 9.0/10.0)
My systems, for info:
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
Product Version: Apache NetBeans IDE 11.2
Updates: NetBeans IDE is updated to version NetBeans 8.2 Patch 2
Java: 13; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 13+33
Runtime OpenJDK Runtime Environment 13+33
System: Mac OS X version 10.13.6 running on x86_64; UTF-8; en_FR (nb)
Also, I have installed:
NetBeans: 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 11.1 and 11.2
Java VM's: adoptopenjdk 8, 11, 12 and 13
• During Boot-up:
The Boot dialogue box does not function correctly. After the first
install boot, only a grey box appears until the process is almost
complete and then the contents are shown for a couple of seconds or less.
• Installed plugin modules are no longer displayed.
Only the initial selection that come with the IDE show up. Anything
selected by the user are simply removed from the 'available' list but
don't appear in the 'installed' list, with the result that it is not
straight forward to remove or disable them, it has to be done manually.
The last version where this worked correctly was NB 9.0. However, in NB
11.0 LTS on occasions a 'Module Manager' has appeared in the Tools menu
under the Plugins component (but alas no more!)
• The about box needs to be resized.
On both my systems, the graphic element is far too large, with the
result that the information about the installation does not fit
correctly. This could easily be sorted out by giving more space to the
text box, less to the graphic element and, reducing the font size to
allow the text to fit without the need for scroll bars.
• Customize Toolbars.
Under the Project category there are duplicate entries for: 'Execute
Java Shell' and 'New File'.
• The 'Restart IDE' nbm.
This works but is not automatically imported (because it has not been
tested…). I've added it to every version of the IDE since 6 (I think)
and it has always worked and, in my opinion should be included in the
IDE by default (I find it to be one of the most useful).
• Installation etc.
I have noticed recently much discussion about the difficulty of
installing NB 11.2 under macOS 10.15. Reading these posts, I note that
macOS users may be unfamiliar with certain tricks to by-pass the
security system and that documenting them may not help.
Possibly so, but, I can find no instructions of how to install NetBeans
on macOS or any other OS on the Apache NetBeans website. When doing an
internet search, there are some references in other, un-associated,
websites, but not where, in my opinion they should be. In the "Getting
Help" page under a section 'Installation and Setup', before anything else.
Let me clarify this further. When I say 'install' I also include the
'initial setup' that is required to produce a useable application. This
is particularly important for 'new' users of NetBeans. As a long time
user, but no expert, I find myself fumbling around trying to remember
what I did for the previous install. The procedure is not clear at all.
I would be happy to try and rough something out for this (but I would
need help with other OS's) as I am now able to spend time to continue
revising the Java SE tutorials that I was working on before I lost
access to the internet due to a massive network failure.
Regards
Jeremy
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