Many have pointed out that the author is jumping to conclusions, which seems to be true from the (lack of) content in the article. So much of it is obviously wrong or lazily (not) researched. Some excerpts:
> Haven't seen them but it will be [...]. The whole interface is going to [...]. Mark my words
Oh really? Sounds like you've spent time using it and forming and informed & balanced evidence-driven opinion alright.
> Rounding of corners. Religion at this point. Homogenization. JetBrains wants to be like VSCode
Author has never used VSCode - not a rounded corner in sight.
But... I have seen a few commenters here on HN that seem more informed than the author and do prefer the old UI. If you're in that category, great. But I wonder are you in a niche minority. I'm a VSCode user but need to use IntelliJ & PyCharm in work as I support some custom IDE plugins & integrations. I hate the UI. I've tried switching to it wholesale on multiple occasions (company covers licences so no cost difference to me) but got quickly frustrated with the experience - especially that the discoverable (mouseclick) UI is always so many more clicks compared to workflows in other apps & that needs to be down for new users during the keyboard/command learning curve.
That's a subjective opinion on my part as a VSCode user, but I get the impression that it's shared by a lot of long-time (& probably now former-) JetBrains users. If they're bleeding users to VSCode, it stands to reason that the userbase that state behind are going to be the subset that prefer the old UI. So pushback is understandable.
> Haven't seen them but it will be [...]. The whole interface is going to [...]. Mark my words
Oh really? Sounds like you've spent time using it and forming and informed & balanced evidence-driven opinion alright.
> Rounding of corners. Religion at this point. Homogenization. JetBrains wants to be like VSCode
Author has never used VSCode - not a rounded corner in sight.
But... I have seen a few commenters here on HN that seem more informed than the author and do prefer the old UI. If you're in that category, great. But I wonder are you in a niche minority. I'm a VSCode user but need to use IntelliJ & PyCharm in work as I support some custom IDE plugins & integrations. I hate the UI. I've tried switching to it wholesale on multiple occasions (company covers licences so no cost difference to me) but got quickly frustrated with the experience - especially that the discoverable (mouseclick) UI is always so many more clicks compared to workflows in other apps & that needs to be down for new users during the keyboard/command learning curve.
That's a subjective opinion on my part as a VSCode user, but I get the impression that it's shared by a lot of long-time (& probably now former-) JetBrains users. If they're bleeding users to VSCode, it stands to reason that the userbase that state behind are going to be the subset that prefer the old UI. So pushback is understandable.