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I realised that when I use Textmate I tend to fix things like:

That red background calls at me to change it. Otherwise, would I?

The same effect happens in IntelliJ with the yellow lines. Are you the type that has to get your file all green? The tool has to have a subtle balance of using the power of the yellow for important things. If there are a million yellow lines indicating trivial work (in my opinion) then I will ignore all of them, and it is useless.

Anyway, all of this made me think of how to create UI that subtley prods users down the right path, even if it isn't quite the path of least resistance.