Eclipse users loved it 10 years ago? Man, I think I started using Eclipse 15 years ago, and every year would get excited when hearing about the new release because I would be hopeful that they finally made it perform better. They never did... I was so happy when I finally found out about IntelliJ. It's a significantly better experience than Eclipse ever was.
Yes - Eclipse was the best Java IDE once upon a time and I loved it! It was far superior to its contemporaries (Netbeans!). I have fond memories of the Indigo release, which was one of the last versions I used before switching to Jetbrains
