In his blog, Malcolm Davis lists many reasons why he is not happy with the latest NetBeans release. I still haven’t downloaded it and taken a look myself, but my first impressions from reading articles and the info and screenshots on websites is that it looks impressive and is definitely worth a look.
Malcolm however is not as happy, although his main complaints seem to be cosmetic. However, that’s a valid issue if you have to work with the tool every day and stare at your screen for 8+ hours a day.