Eclipse 4.2 is UGLY (simple "kinda fix")

So if you're like me and you wanted to have a real IDE for the sake of working in a nice environment for C++ without having to learn a new tool, and if you're like me and you wanted to have the latest and greatest of CDT tools for Eclipse, then you needed to downloaded Eclipse 4.2.

If you're anything like me, you found the new theme very ugly and unpleasant to work with. Lots of unused dead space and a weird color scheme that seems to hide the separation of toolbar and content pane in inactive panes.

wat.

(^ If you haven't seen that video it's good for a laugh.)

Luckily, there is a bug open that is working to get this resolved. Hopefully.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=362423

I won't bother posting screenshots because there are some posted in the bug.

Here's a simple fix, from one of the replies:

In the 'Appearance' preference page you can switch to the 'Classic' theme.

I'm much happier now, although the Classic theme still seems like a thrown-together and not quite polished version of the old theme.

I hope that helps someone else =]


Referenced blog: http://www.jroller.com/andyl/entry/eclipse_3_8_vs_4