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Not in my experience. I use IntelliJ IDEA (and previously used Eclipse) on OS X and Linux on a daily basis. Anytime they start indexing or re-indexing a huge c
by throwawaykf03 13y ago
Not in my experience. I use IntelliJ IDEA (and previously used Eclipse) on OS X and Linux on a daily basis.
Anytime they start indexing or re-indexing a huge code base in a "background" thread, they end up locking the machine to varying extents. Linux is not as bad, as it only tends to lock up instances of the offending application... But that maybe because the Linux PC is a beefy workstation. OS X is on a much less powerful MacBook Pro, and freezes tend to lock up the whole system, or at least most of the other apps, especially Chrome.
I've also had problems with Chrome, and especially Flash, on OS X. Spinning beachballs on every page load. Click-to-flash was such a lifesaver, but I can now sorta see why Steve Jobs wanted Flash dead.
The spinning beachball has grown to be a frequent source of rage for me over the last 5 years. I'm surprised nobody else complains about it more. Maybe it only happens for heavy Java GUI-based apps?
- frik 13y agoI noticed that too with IntelliJ IDEA on Windows 7 :( IntelliJ IDEA should run such background threads with lower priority! All common OS support that, and also Java supports this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1617963/setting-priority-to-javas-threads http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1617963/setting-priority-... Can someone file a bug for it?
- kalleboo 13y agoI stopped getting spinning beachballs when I upgraded to an SSD. OS X, especially pre-Mavericks is a real RAM hog. Java GUI apps have a reputation of being even worse RAM hogs. I wouldn't be surprised to find your spinning beach balls are from swapping to disk. The only Java app I use is BucketExplorer though, which isn't very heavy.