I’ve been a long time user of Eclipse, but also a critic of SWT – the UI toolkit that Eclipse uses. While Eclipse has always been a very productive tool on OS X, SWT has always lagged a bit behind other platforms. But the great thing about Eclipse 3.5, and SWT in general, is that it is now using Cocoa instead of Carbon. Additionally, the SWT guys have paid attention to a lot of little details, such as sheets and Mac-looking drag and drop indicators to name a few. There’s a lot that’s gone into this SWT release that makes me rethink my position on Swing.
One other thing to point out is that the Eclipse 3.5 release candidates are friggin’ snappy as hell. Startup times on all three platforms are very good and responsiveness is simply better overall. This is a release I’m really looking forward to.
Damnhandy 
Switch to IntelliJ, live in peace !
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Switch to IntelliJ, live in peace !
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but then no universal build like any other mac app and the commercial plugins like flex builder supporting only carbon…
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but then no universal build like any other mac app and the commercial plugins like flex builder supporting only carbon…
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Thanks for blogging on the Galileo release. Eclipse is having a blogathon on Galileo right now http://www.eclipse.org/galileo/blogathon/guidelines.php, so you’re eligible for an Eclipse shirt or Friend of Eclipse membership. You can email your choice to galileo-reviews@eclipse.org.
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Thanks for blogging on the Galileo release. Eclipse is having a blogathon on Galileo right now http://www.eclipse.org/galileo/blogathon/guidelines.php, so you’re eligible for an Eclipse shirt or Friend of Eclipse membership. You can email your choice to galileo-reviews@eclipse.org.
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Eclipse is ugly on the MAC compared to NetBeans.
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Eclipse is ugly on the MAC compared to NetBeans.
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