Really sounds to me like you mostly dislike Java. Personally, I can't stand objective-C and very much prefer Java and developing on Android. Personal preferences, man.
Nope, I don't dislike Java. I was the project lead of a "TV-Browser", an Java Swing GUI that is used by over 100.000 Users. You can't do that if you hate Java ;).
A broken GUI editor can't be a personal preference ;).