Mar 232009
I love the fact that in the past 2 years, Netbeans have been the “most improved IDE” in the dwindling Java IDE market. Having said that, it’s also a minor annoyance to keep downlaoding the next stable release constantly. It seems like there is a new “release” every 10 days. I barely had a chance to take the wrapper off of 6.5 and now I see 6.5.1 is available. Jeeze. I’ll give them credit for having the sexiest splash startup though.
Hi. When only the minor version changes (e.g. 6.5 -> 6.5.1) you don’t need to download and re-install the new version. Just go to the Update Center and download the updated components. The only difference with a full re-installation is that you won’t see 6.5.1 in the splash screen.
BTW, there are just a handful of releases per year.
Yes, and 6.7 is right around the corner.