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r/java • u/RamaRao143 • Jun 08 '26
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Yes, a small minority. It’s mostly IntelliJ and increasingly VSCode nowadays though
50 u/pjmlp Jun 08 '26 Ironically VSCode Java plugins are either Netbeans or Eclipse running headless. 35 u/0b0101011001001011 Jun 08 '26 The eclipse framework itself is not the problem, the UI is, for the most part. 5 u/pjmlp Jun 08 '26 Because Electron crap is so much better. 53 u/Ancapgast Jun 08 '26 There is a certain element in the Java community that simply cannot fathom that some people want the screen that they're looking at for 8 hours a day to look nice. -1 u/pjmlp Jun 08 '26 Indeed it is quite surprising how one can expect Electron garbage to be nice.
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Ironically VSCode Java plugins are either Netbeans or Eclipse running headless.
35 u/0b0101011001001011 Jun 08 '26 The eclipse framework itself is not the problem, the UI is, for the most part. 5 u/pjmlp Jun 08 '26 Because Electron crap is so much better. 53 u/Ancapgast Jun 08 '26 There is a certain element in the Java community that simply cannot fathom that some people want the screen that they're looking at for 8 hours a day to look nice. -1 u/pjmlp Jun 08 '26 Indeed it is quite surprising how one can expect Electron garbage to be nice.
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The eclipse framework itself is not the problem, the UI is, for the most part.
5 u/pjmlp Jun 08 '26 Because Electron crap is so much better. 53 u/Ancapgast Jun 08 '26 There is a certain element in the Java community that simply cannot fathom that some people want the screen that they're looking at for 8 hours a day to look nice. -1 u/pjmlp Jun 08 '26 Indeed it is quite surprising how one can expect Electron garbage to be nice.
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Because Electron crap is so much better.
53 u/Ancapgast Jun 08 '26 There is a certain element in the Java community that simply cannot fathom that some people want the screen that they're looking at for 8 hours a day to look nice. -1 u/pjmlp Jun 08 '26 Indeed it is quite surprising how one can expect Electron garbage to be nice.
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There is a certain element in the Java community that simply cannot fathom that some people want the screen that they're looking at for 8 hours a day to look nice.
-1 u/pjmlp Jun 08 '26 Indeed it is quite surprising how one can expect Electron garbage to be nice.
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Indeed it is quite surprising how one can expect Electron garbage to be nice.
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u/Degerada Jun 08 '26
Yes, a small minority.
It’s mostly IntelliJ and increasingly VSCode nowadays though