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I thought the same. I use it every day and its great. I dont understand why it doesn't get more traction.

Because visually, it's reminiscent of Eclipse 1.0.

For better or worse, a sizable proportion of developers choose IDEs on the basis of looks.

Heh, I choose IDEs based on performance, not looks, and liteide is blazing fast compared to anything else I've used.