Comments on entrepreneurial musings: Netbeans 6.1 UI Freezes

I had loads of problems with 6.1, but I've recentl...

2009-01-23T19:21:00.000-05:00

I had loads of problems with 6.1, but I've recently upgraded to 6.5 and haven't had any problems yet, going on a month. So, give 6.5 a shot.

I wish I'd see this blog entry before I started us...

2009-01-23T18:31:00.000-05:00

I wish I'd see this blog entry before I started using 6.1 heavily. Periodically something goes wrong with the project structure and/or something in the source code causes the GUI to freeze while scanning (for intellisense, as a result of clicking "fix imports", etc.) For me the freezes are not random; a project that has hit the "freeze problem" will freeze repeatedly.

I've used Eclipse before, back in college, but not...

2008-06-26T21:19:00.000-04:00

I've used Eclipse before, back in college, but not recently at all. I use Flex Builder, which is built on eclipse, quite a bit and I don't have problems with that though. I've talked to people who are don't have the freezing problem with Netbeans 6.1, but for seem reason mine is shitty, even though I've clean installed it a couple times (without importing preferences). There are some sweet improvements in Netbeans 6 (most notably, JavaScript syntax highlighting), so it might be worth looking into. But, if you do, and it freezes, probably just drop it without giving it 50 more chances. In my experience, the problem just doesn't go away. Too bad.... and yeah, you'd think IDE's would be on the top of the list.... but then again, we're talking about free here, so maybe it's not that surprising?

Eclipse is notorious for that... I usually have to...

2008-06-23T14:24:00.000-04:00

Eclipse is notorious for that... I usually have to restart 3 or 4 times a day. I'm currently using Netbeans 5.5 for a project, and after reading your review, I won't be upgrading any time soon.

You would think that IDEs would be the most well-built open source projects out there....