Behrang Saeedzadeh

MacBeans 0.1 Released

Saturday, 22. November 2008, 23:02:03

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MacBeans 0.1 is now available for download. MacBeans is a NetBeans plugin that aims to improve NetBeans' look and feel on Mac OS X. If you have already installed an older version of MacBeans, please uninstall it before installing this new version. MacBeans is only tested on NetBeans 6.1 + Java 5 + OS X Leopard.

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For more information, please refer to the Release Notes.

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Comments

Anonymous # 26. November 2008, 04:46

Zachary Schneider writes:

Seems to work fine with 6.5, nice job. It is definitely an improvement.

behrangsa # 26. November 2008, 17:47

Glad you like it. FYI, the current tab controls are inspired by Coda. Alternative looks will be added in the future releases. However for best results some NetBeans code has to be improved. I try to submit some patches and convince NetBeans guys to approve it for NetBeans 7. Mmm... I like 7

Anonymous # 30. November 2008, 13:49

Marco Hunsicker writes:

Great! Works fine with NB 6.5 here. Much better than the default appearance!

Another idea for improvement I'd like to suggest is to obey the chosen appearance of Mac OS X. The default Aqua style is too distracting to my eyes and I'm using the toned down Graphite appearance instead. But highlighted tabs don't blend in nicely here. I don't know how Coda does it, but I think it would be a nice touch to provide an alternative style. Again, nitpicking and not especially important at this stage. I will raise an RFE with the Google issue tracker. Thanks very much for your work!

behrangsa # 6. December 2008, 10:05

Hi Marco,

It's good to know you like MacBeans :-) By "Graphite", are you referring to the "Brushed Metal" look? Also could you please attach a screenshot to the issue tracker regarding the "blending" issue with the tabs?

Cheers,
Behi

Anonymous # 8. December 2008, 14:16

Marco Hunsicker writes:

No, Graphite is the alternate appearance Mac OS X provides, see System Preferences->Appearance->Appearance. Aqua Blue does not work for me.

I've opened a new ticked with the Google Tracker and attached a screen shot there.

Look how the nice the editor tab blends in, but the title bars have this alien touch. It's certainly no showstopper, I prefer MacBeans anytime over the default look, but having support for Graphite would definitely add to the overall quality (for me that is).

Thanks anyway for your brave efforts. Happy holiday :)