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		guelo 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In Defense of Text Labels Jetbrains just did a redesign of their IDEs to "minimize distractions", it's basically just iconifying everything in the sidebars. I gave it two months to see if it would stick but it hasn't. It's added friction every time I have to hunt for the icons.

juped 4 months ago [–]

I really should have cancelled over it, even if they mollified me with the ability to inconveniently disable it

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