NetBeans IDE was always keen on to work "out of the box" - e.g. as little dialogs on 1st start as possible. If you want prior launch customization, put it into installer.
čt 25. 11. 2021 v 20:37 odesílatel Eric Bresie <ebre...@gmail.com> napsal: > If the setup dialog is seen as useless then why not make it useful? > > I still think some additional customization wouldn’t be the end of the > world. When setting up as I recall (see below link for specifics) there is > the following dialogs: > > (1) customize dialog > (1a) select specific packs/runtimes > That's is what the installer already does, right? > (2) licenses > License is Apache. No need for any dialogs. > (3) Netbean home and JDK home > Both have reasonable defaults. (4) Summary/check for update > Check for update used to be done as the last step in installer. Keep it there. > For that matter could just as easily open up the Options to allow some > customization and/or Plugins dialog during install? > Once the IDE is installed. You can ask it to do something (show options). That's how the installer checks for updates - it asks the IDE to update itself. > For that matter IntelliJ allows look and feel customization at setup. It’s > not completely unjustified. > While many treat that IDE as a "UI specification", I don't. In case of out of box experience I'd rather eliminate as many options/dialogs/questions on 1st start as possible. -jt
