JDeveloper on OS X
When I have time I try to keep up with a variety of IDEs. JDeveloper is one I have mentioned before (and encountered OS X installation difficulty before as well). I don't disklike it although it still seems a bit bloated to me but I have not yet tried to tweak the settings. This time ADF was my main reason to give JDeveloper another look. I downloaded the Generic version because I intended to run it on a Mac (running OS X 10.8.3). Being a command-line guy my first attempt was a simple java -jar jdevstudio11123install.jar Unfortunately after the initial splash screen, this resulted in a small dialog box with a Exit button. I could not maximize it to complete the installation process. Next I tried to launch the jar file via the GUI which gave the same results. Looking around the web, I did find several solutions for this problem but some seemed complicated while others did not address this particular issue. [My own previous soluti...