• Installed IntelliJ IDEA
• Tried “File” → “New Project”
• Get a wizard with 4 unnecessary steps
• “Project JDK” box empty, cannot compile or run anything
• Tried to continue without JDK. Couldn’t find anywhere to enter any Java source code! WTF!
• Installed JDK
• IntelliJ then took frickin’ ages for some “indexing” operation
• Still can’t find anywhere to enter any Java source code!

Comparison VS:
• “File” → “New” → “Project”
• Get *one* dialog. Select “Console Application” and click OK
• Get a fully-working project set up and a source file opened. Immediately start writing code.

THIS DOES NOT MAKE ANY STATEMENT ABOUT INTELLIJ AS A WHOLE.
This makes a statement about the FIRST IMPRESSION. (The most important.)