I'm sorry, I just have to say a big -1 to this one. I've never had a problem with IDEA's GUI on any modern machine, and many problems with swt. Why have IDEA be beholden to IBM? I think they're doing just fine by themselves, and if the increased traffic on the newsgroups is any indication, so do many other developers.
It's surprising how receptive manager-type guys are to increased productivity. And to released products that WORK. Just my 2 American Cents. --pete P. Ansari wrote: > I personally like the idea. The main thing people seem to criticize about > IDEA is the slow GUI. If the plugin used SWT this should speed up IDEA quite > a bit (and it makes it look more professional to manager-type guys who are > making the purchasing decisions.). > > But of course there is the disadvantage of SWT no being very cross-platform > at the moment...but this should change soon. > > Just me 2 Euro Cents > > > "m b" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > >>>Yes, no, and no, it is in fact one of the stupidest ideas suggested here >>>(and that's saying something). >> >>Why is it stupid? In what ways specifically? Please back up your claims > > with > >>something more than a hunch. >> >> >>>Exactly what would IDEA gain by becoming a >>>subset of a smaller, inferior product, that has a lot more inertia, >>>terrible >>>cross-platform support, and busily playing catchup to IDEA? >> >>First, I don't think you understand what Eclipse actually is. It is >>specifically designed for every sofware company and open source developer > > on > >>the planet to plug their development products into, without spending a > > cent > >>on the licensing, and knowing that everyone else will be doing the same >>thing. Get it? Still not worried? >>Are you aware of anything that has ever happened in history? The > > "strongest, > >>best, biggest, fastest" is ALWAYS superceded by something. As I mentioned, >>IBM and several other "major players" are putting their resources into >>Eclipse. >> >> >>>Incredibly enough, I doubt one of the primary goals of JetBrains is to >> > help > >>>Ecplise uptake/support/growth. Crazy eh? >> >>In order for JetBrains to help Eclipse/uptake/support/growth people would >>have to be using the plugin, and hence BUYING the plugin. So people would > > be > >>PAYING Jetbrains and USING their product which is what they probably want. >>Crazy eh? >> >>I love Idea, and I was hoping for some actual insight in this discussion. >> >>-mark >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >>http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx >> > > > _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
