As a follow-up to the IDE comparisons he's done Davey Shafik has asked the interested for a little feedback on how they think he should move forward with the more detailed reviews of each tool.

So, dear readers, I'm doing the IDE reviews for all of you guys and there's two ways I can proceed: I can take each of the requirements and do a single post per requirement with a writeup about it in detail for each of the 4 IDEs - then I was thinking for each new IDE I try, I can hit those same points. Or I can write up specifically on a single editor at a time, covering all of the requirements and I will also then review anything else about the editor etc.

He's thinking of doing a comparison of the Eclipse-based IDEs in their own right, but wants to get feedback on what would be the most useful for other developers to learn from. Several comments have already been made suggesting approaches to the topic, other editors that might be missing from the list and some support for the Eclipse comparison idea.