[jbhouse]

Hot take time.

Actual professionals use keyboard shortcuts to easily navigate or bring to the forefront whatever they need in Intellij (the JB product I use)

If you are clicking through menus all day or are otherwise negatively affected to such a degree by a visual change like this, you are an amateur

So really, JetBrains is bringing consumer-grade UI practices to the world of... amateurs

This world for amateurs exists exists, as a crutch, within the larger world of the professional product.

However, the world of professional usage of Intellij remains essentially unchanged (granted, the new icons and extra negative space are annoying, they just are not significant)

TLDR: git gud, use a keyboard

[TheCapeGreek]

You don't even need to learn all the shortcuts - I cleared my PHPStorm UI long ago. If I need something in a menu, I open the Actions search menu and start typing. If I need to look into code, double tap shift for the All search menu and go ham.

Sprinkle in one or two for e.g. git branches and you get most of the speed you need.

I don't need to look at a splatter of information on my screen - I need code and a select few other pieces.

[pjmlp]

Ah, developers on Microsoft and Apple ecosystes are amateurs, got it!