Its still clunky to use Eclipse after using Visual Studio for so long, but the good news is that it gets better the more you use it.
Popup help - I love that help windows popup when you click on a type
Not only do I get a quick reference on the type I am trying to use, but it tells me right away if the type or method is obsolete. In many cases it then tells me what I should use instead. I can click into the help window and then scroll through it for in depth reading or dismiss it.
Suggestions - I love that whenever I make a mistake (underlined in red), I can click on my mistake and I get suggestions which Eclipse can carry out for me.
Things like importing packages or implementing interfaces or creating new types/methods using the missing name.
Updates itself
I already had the android plugin, but to add the google plugin and sdk, I didn't have to even leave Eclipse. I just used the "Install New Software" feature and it went and downloaded/installed it all for me. I'm hoping updates work just as well.
Outline view - I like to put the outline view on the right side, it makes navigating through a file much easier than scrolling up and down to find things.
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