[waterlink]

I use IDE (IntelliJ) and I almost never use the mouse. Knowing all the shortcuts and using the “Find action” (CMD/CTRL+SHIFT+A) and “Find everything” (SHIFT+SHIFT) tools help a lot. These tools also allow you to discover shortcuts for things you didn’t know.

The no-mouse challenge for a few hours makes you more proficient at using IDE without a mouse, and only keyboard.

Also, complex refactorings are so much faster in IDE, and I do refactor every 2-5 minutes as part of my TDD workflow, so IDE really makes me much more productive as I would otherwise be.

[kaustyap]

I will try it out. More than anything it seems inertia and being comfortable in one's environment are the reasons for not switching to IDE.