http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660My contribution, w screenshot - light, gray-ish colors do best (tan, gold, tangerine, pink, sky blue, ...) http://tinyurl.com/37sslb http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment10http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment10Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:39:37 GMTNice scheme. You should definitely try to spice it up a little with the following little secret: Add a very subtle background color for strings and constants. It well help looking them up, and you'd easily spot code that has too many hard coded constants and strings in it. It will also make a prettier screen because of the added color. And about the font issue: I personally find Lucida Console to be the most attractive. http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment9http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment9Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:31:13 GMTThe dark side: http://weblogs.asp.net/infinitiesloop/archive/2006/08/06/Join-the-Dark-Side-of-Visual-Studio.aspx http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment8http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment8Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:28:04 GMTHave you tried the Consolas or Monaco fonts? After using any one of them for some time looking at Courier New will seem like being stabbed in the eyes. You can get Monaco from here: http://www.gringod.com/2006/11/01/new-version-of-monaco-font/ Consolas here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=22e69ae4-7e40-4807-8a86-b3d36fab68d3&displaylang=en http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment7http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment7Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:53:16 GMTMy 3 year old daughter really liked your colors. http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment6http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment6Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:46:21 GMTI have a pretty similar scheme downloaded from Infinities Loop (that Viewstate blogger). However it isn't peppered with as much peach, pink and purple as your scheme is :p I've also gotten rid of Courier New for my font; I use non-constant width fonts (usually Tahoma) as I find it makes it easier to read (and the lines are shorter too). I haven't found any practical reason for using fixed-width fonts anymore. http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment5http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment5Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:54:10 GMTThis is pretty easy on the eyes: <img src="http://creativestandards.com/images/vs-colors.gif" /> http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment4http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment4Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:54:00 GMTAnother light-on-dark developer! I usually get ridiculed for my light gray on black scheme. I still don't understand how someone can stare at a white screen for 8+ hours a day. http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment3http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment3Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:46:15 GMTNo idea, the separation of the colors make it easier to notice different things. You have to take into account that I am rarely reading reams of code, I usually handle small pieces. http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment2http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment2Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:08:17 GMTOuch... Haven't studies proven that humans read faster on non-inverted type colors? http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment1http://ayende.com/2482/my-visual-studio-settings#comment1Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:57:12 GMT