Hi Greg,
A number of other project templates aren't so great in VS either. Recently, they've released the BI tools for VS2012. In SSIS, the only difference between an enabled task and a disabled one is often how dark the name of the task is. That sort of thing is a big step backwards, particularly for anyone with visual limitations. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2013 11:30 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: VS2012 hacks Ian (et al), I have also taken a lot of steps recently to restore old colours and behaviour to recent Microsoft product releases. I don't normally do that. We all expect complaints when new versions of products are released, but in my experience the noise quickly drops away and people just accept the changes and run with them. However, the amount of stubborn resistance recently has been quite startling. Why is this happening? Microsoft is dragging us all along with it on some sort of global style change where there is less chrome, fewer borders, less saturated colour, fewer lines, etc. Now I can honestly understand this because the eye and brain work better with less clutter, but it all seems to have gone too far (remember the first preview of Visual Studio 2012 that looked like a charcoal etching?). Is there some department or research within Microsoft that is driving this trend? Do they explain their reasoning? Where did they recruit the drugged gibbons they put through the usability testing? And then there's Windows 8 ... Greg
