It was pretty big news on Monday when Mylar made it's first major release, 1.0 A lot of people have been talking about Mylar as a great example of Eclipse innovation and about how it should simplify our workflow considerably, but how many of us have actually tried it?

I know that I've been using Mylar quite a bit over the last few weeks, and I've seen a lot that I like. It's integration with issue trackers is probably the number one "way to go" on my list. Creating issues directly from stack traces is really nice too. But I've found that there's a lot that I don't use so much. For example, I do use the task focused editor because automating my code folding is really nice, but I don't use it in package explorer. In fact, I wish there was a way I could entirely disable the package explorer Mylar extensions. By contrast, while I don't filter the outline by context, I have found myself taking advantage of the fact that Mylar adjust the font color and emphasis of the text in the outline contextually. That's pretty cool.

I think the thing I wish Mylar had more of was customization. I mean, there's so much power there, but it's all custom fit for a very specific workflow environment. I'd like to choose various bits and bobs that I want to integrate into my workflow and throw out the rest. Maybe I could do that by hacking the plugin (who knows, maybe there's a "Tips and Tricks" on the horizon), but that seems like too much trouble. Still, for a fledgling tool, this is some great stuff.

So, is anyone else using Mylar yet? If so, what do you think of it? Am I the only one wanting to nominate Mik Kersten and his team for the award for extreme cleverness?