I have to agree with Hani about the performance - It is getting worse with
every build. I have just installed 650 and it is usable. I just hit return
and had to wait five seconds for anything to happen.
I'm hoping they are going to release a performance build soon which is
nothing more than a performance-optimised version of the previous build.
On Tuesday 01 October 2002 14:09 pm, Jon Steelman wrote:
>�Your acidic tone was tolerable when you actively contributed to EAP. If
>�this post is a prelude to your contributing again, welcome back.
>�
>�Jon
>�
>�Hani Suleiman wrote:
>�> The last time I frequented these newsgroups, the word on the street is
>�> that IDEA 3.0 (backported to OSX) would be available in the September
>�> timeline.
>�>
>�> Now, I just looked back over the most recent postings, and there is no
>�> mention of any kind of slowdown in new development, or a release date,
>�> or when the OSX backporting will commence. Annoying, but understandable.
>�>
>�> So I regularly try out the latest eap build (650 at time of writing)
>�> just to see some of the supposed cool features I'm missing out on. Also
>�> I have kind of an expectation that as builds progress, IDEA improves and
>�> becomes more stable and usable. I have to say, currently using 629 on my
>�> OSX laptop is the most comfortable IDEA environment, every single
>�> successive EAP has been more annoying to use in some respect. A brief
>�> list of issues (some of which have been fixed, but since my chosen
>�> platform OSX isn't supported I haven't bothered report them)
>�>
>�> 1 - Auto entering of quotes: This can't be disabled, and makes life
>�> hell. Typing a quote by mistake (' is right next to ; on a US/UK
>�> keyboard) makes one want to hurl the keyboard at the nearest monitor and
>�> be done with. I don't understand the timesaving aspects of this at all.
>�>
>�> 2 - Editing large files gets slower in every build. I have an EJB
>�> session bean that is rather large, and with build 650, I sometimes have
>�> to wait a second for every keypress. Not a lot of fun. Used to be a lot
>�> faster in 629.
>�>
>�> 3 - Still the usual array of internal errors. On one machine copying any
>�> text from any app causes IDEA to burp up an internal error.
>�>
>�> 4 - On the plus side. We now have transparent windows and cool fading
>�> tool windows. Vital for any serious java developer.
>�>
>�> 5 - After building with ant, the ant toolbar window always pops up. Also
>�> not very enjoyable or needed.
>�>
>�> 6 - Various random hangs (better with 650, but still not as reliable as
>�> <630)
>�>
>�> I realise I'm being unfair and not mentioning some of the great new
>�> features (some, because many of the so called 'great new features' are
>�> very far from great). I do appreciate encoding aware editing, improved
>�> (when it works) jsp support, nicer options pages, per project code
>�> styles, and more intelligent ant file handling.
>�>
>�> I apologise for my tone, but it's very frustrating seeing a great IDE
>�> become so bogged down and annoying to use. Yes, I (and probably many
>�> other) IDEA users have set a very high bar. Many of you can say 'but
>�> it's still so much better than everything else', which I would
>�> wholeheartedly agree with. That isn't the point, I'm unhappy because
>�> I've seen what the IDEA guys can do, and frankly, the current builds
>�> don't do them justice, and seem dissapointing compared to the great
>�> things we've been spoilt with and (sadly) gotten used to.
>�>
>�> Hani
>�
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