Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-11 Thread Nathan Schultz
I don't know what they're thinking with the all-caps menu. There's barely enough horizontal real-estate as it is once you consider a couple of 3rd party menus will find their way in. And all-caps makes it both harder to read, and yet more distracting away from the real-work going on. The lighter

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-09 Thread Michael Minutillo
Put the Quick-launch Ctrl+Q bar into office and I'll be happy. I'm not an office power-user but trying to figure out where the Word-Wrap option is in Outlook beat me the other day and I resorted to copy-paste into Notepad++ (P.S. If anyone knows WHERE this option is I'd appreciate a heads-up). If

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-09 Thread Stephen Price
Thank goodness I have a high rez monitor. Your post was readable on one line. Just. On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: Put the Quick-launch Ctrl+Q bar into office and I'll be happy. I'm not an office power-user but trying to figure out where

RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-09 Thread Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA)
) 9870 2719 * Mob +61 (416) 134 993 * Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 * http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Michael Minutillo Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2012 4:29 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-09 Thread Joseph Cooney
I like the look of the RC. Will be interested in using it a bit. On 09/05/2012, at 11:07 AM, David Kean david.k...@microsoft.com wrote: Thoughts? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 5:59 PM To:

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-09 Thread Arjang Assadi
Would they be leaving the current scheme as a choice for release? So people can choose to have more color or not, rather than everybody having it one way or other. Maybe instead of soft gray background we be able to choose soft green/ blue etc Regards Arjang On 9 May 2012 10:59, Ian Thomas

RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread David Kean
Thoughts? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 5:59 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface Ian Thomas Victoria Park,

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
It looks much better IMO, although I am not sure about the SHOUTING in the menu http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/05/08/visual-studio-11-user-interface-updates-coming-in-rc.aspx Good thing is RC hopefully means final is no more than a couple of months away. On Wed, May 9, 2012

RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread Bill McCarthy
You mean THOUGHTS don't you ? |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Kean |Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:07 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface | |Thoughts

RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread Ian Thomas
] On Behalf Of Craig van Nieuwkerk Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 9:12 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface It looks much better IMO, although I am not sure about the SHOUTING in the menu http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/05/08/visual-studio

RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread Bill McCarthy
-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:15 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface | |You mean THOUGHTS don't you ? | | ||-Original Message- ||From: ozdotnet-boun

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread mike smith
] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:15 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface | |You mean THOUGHTS don't you ? | | ||-Original Message- ||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- ||boun...@ozdotnet.com

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
I don't believe the newer RC is available yet. Probably in the next week. On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:33 PM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: What's a link for downloading? Or do I have to find the person around here that has msdn login details to do it? MikeS

RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread David Kean
RC will be coming, it won't be in the next week or so. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Craig van Nieuwkerk Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 8:36 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface I don't believe

RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread Bill McCarthy
Of mike smith |Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2012 1:33 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface | |What's a link for downloading? Or do I have to find the person around here that |has msdn login details to do it? | |MikeS | | |On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Bill

RE: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread Greg Keogh
Thank jeepers they've put some contrast back into the design. The gray-scale theme was like looking at a TV back in the 1960s, in a dim room. I can understand that modern usability research finds that too many colours and borders can be visually confusing, but to swing completely the other way was

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread David Connors
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.au wrote: ** ** ** At a tangent, I hate Metro styling with a passion. Did MH have anything to do with its adoption? I couldn't agree more. Metro is shite and should be dropped into a bin along with The Ribbon. The fact they are

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread mike smith
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:10 PM, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.au wrote: ** ** ** At a tangent, I hate Metro styling with a passion. Did MH have anything to do with its adoption? I couldn't agree more. Metro is shite

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread Les Hughes
David Connors wrote: On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.au mailto:il.tho...@iinet.net.au wrote: At a tangent, I hate Metro styling with a passion. Did MH have anything to do with its adoption? I couldn't agree more. Metro is shite and should be dropped into

Re: Colour Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

2012-05-08 Thread mike smith
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Les Hughes l...@datarev.com.au wrote: David Connors wrote: On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.aumailto: il.tho...@iinet.net.au** wrote: At a tangent, I hate Metro styling with a passion. Did MH have anything to do with its