Eclipse Mylar 1.0 is a task-focused user interface that reduces information overload and makes it easier to multitask, according to Eclipse. Mylar addresses a fundamental problem: that IDEs have made it easy to browse large systems with thousands or millions of lines of source code but they present too much data, said Mik Kersten, the project lead for Mylar.

"They overload developers with so much information," Kersten said.

"[Developers] can often spend more time looking for the information they need by browsing and searching than they actually spend programming," Kersten said.

Accessible , Mylar enables developers to focus on specific jobs at hand by bringing a task list view into the Eclipse IDE. Developers indicate which tasks they are working on and Mylar monitors all programming activities to create a task context featuring all information relevant to that task. Contexts can be shared with other developers.

Mylar's name was derived from the plastic film used to prevent blindness when viewing an eclipse. In the case of Eclipse's Mylar, "it prevents information blindness when staring at the Eclipse IDE," Kersten said.