Visual Studio Styles

I was recently asked where I got the Visual Studio color scheme that I used in this post:
http://www.viamacchina.com/2011/06/a-better-inputformsection-for-sharepoint.html

Originally I had been turned on to the VS Theming trend by Scott Hanselman’s post about theming Visual Studio.

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VisualStudioProgrammerThemesGallery.aspx

When I went back to his blog to get the link for his post, I saw that it has been updated and now there is an entire site dedicated to Visual Studio themes:

http://studiostyl.es/

There are a ton of great themes on this site, and you can even make your own.

For the most part theming your environment is just a fun way to beak up the monotony of an application that you spend WAY too much time with. But, I have also found that after switching to a darker theme that I have reduced the amount of eye strain and fatigue associated with marathon coding sessions.

Have fun!