My thoughts - but my predilections won't count, I know. * It's better than the Beta, but I still very much prefer VS2010 'skinning', or 'chrome' as <http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components- weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-92-metablogapi/8512.MontyHeadshot_5F00_6E2501FB.jpg> Monty Hammontree likes to say. * If MH's blog had shown VS2010 | VS2011 Beta | VS 2011 RC comparison, then the minor concessions he has been willing to countenance in the RC would be stark. * The ALL CAPS is just plain ugly. * I like the idea of colourizing the status bar. That is one of the few stylistic / design changes that is positive. * As many people have said to me, getting more 'real estate' for code is simple enough in VS 2010. And the colour in VS2010 is not distracting to them / me (cf VS2008, where it was - to me, anyway). * In the same way that more room for coding can be obtained in VS2010 by removing toolbars (which has been a Microsoft characteristic since early days of Office), I would have thought that the long-practised practice of 'skinning' an application would have been a much better approach than this highly-alienating bullshit. * In summary: to me, the VS2011 RC appearance is still not good. * I am sure that functionality and usability will have progressed - I can trust Microsoft for that.
At a tangent, I hate Metro styling with a passion. Did MH have anything to do with its adoption? How does that guy keep his job? I think I know - his blog is full of the worst techno-weasel words. I'm tempted to list a few phrases - the misuse of "impact" in the Windows Azure Privacy Statement has nothing on the BS language of Monty the Hammer: we've heard your concerns The feedback relating to the fit of Metro style elements in the new experience has fallen into three main buckets. In line with our overall design principles for the release the overall objective behind many of the Visual Studio 11 theme changes is to give you maximum real-estate for, and ability to focus on, your code By drawing our own window chrome we have succeeded in both making more efficient use of space and in increasing the overall sense of Metro styling. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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-11-use r-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 at 11:07 AM, David Kean <[email protected]> wrote: Thoughts?
