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For one thing, I should try harder to refrain from making posts with negative connotations. (But it's a lot more fun that way. :) )

I'm mainly complaining here, which is my way of helping NetBeans.

Let me count the ways:

• I boosted NetBeans download count by one
• I upgraded my call from "annoying" to "not working for some non-Java features"
• I left the door open for future enhancements
• I showed the world that I care
• I preempted the nay sayers, as inevitably there will be

Well, I tried two things way out of side of the normal:

• I tried to create a C++ project with a hello world file in it. NetBeans complained that my project doesn't have any files.
• I tried to reverse engineer a Java project into its UML model. It generated the XMI file. But I got no models, as the tutorial video said I would.

Both would be fantastic features if they had worked.

I don't remember exactly how I did them. For the C++ project, I did the most intuitive thing. For the UML reverse engineering, I did follow some screencast that I found online somewhere. I don't remember the exact location of it, and I don't remember which search words I used to find it in the first place.

I'm sure it's something on my side. I can't believe that they don't work either.

I'm stupid. I mentioned this in the post.