Tuning your IntelliJ IDEA 6.0

I found some useful tips when using JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 6.0:

Turn off the "Synchronize files on frame deactivation" from [File - Settings - General] when your application source tree has become very large. This will save your time synchronizing unnecessarily when switching between windows. I often switch between processes using Alt-Tab key, and this setting saved me a great deal of time.

In the same menu, turn off "Reopen last project on startup" when working in more than one project. When your project grows large, and you switch between projects pretty often, it's nice not to have your IDEA opening the project, loading its mega collection of jars, sitting doing nothing for 5-15 minutes, and later found out it is not the project you are intended to open.