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Take Part in the New UI Preview for Your JetBrains IDE

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Re: Take Part in the New UI Preview for Your JetBrains IDE

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I haven't used a JetBrains IDE in a while (and that isn't likely to change soon), but I think that the existence of command palettes makes me much more willing to accept a change like this. When the actions and menus I want are available at a moment's notice, all the buttons in a typical IDE are just clutter.

I originally downvoted you, but after putting a bit more thought into what you said… I dislike command palletes, but get what you’re saying. In a traditional product you’d just learn key combos. Until you do it seems like you’re clicking lots of buttons and menus. I feel like the command palette half bridges that gap by just making you type extra characters all along. I’m not saying one is better than another (cue ol…

The JetBrains command palette fully bridges that gap. It allows discovery of commands and shows the relevant keyboard shortcut alongside the result. And assigning a new shortcut is just an Alt-Enter away.

Re: Take Part in the New UI Preview for Your JetBrains IDE

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The dumbification of software.. I guess it follows and self-amplify the global inversion of the Flynn effect..

at this point, the way i would be most surprised and delighted by JetBrains is if they were to fix long-standing bugs in the existing products, which people use and pay for on subscription, instead of "the new thing"
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