Visual Studio 2010 Themes Dark' title='Visual Studio 2010 Themes Dark' />Please. PLEASE. someone tell me there is a way to change the Office 2013 RTM themes beyond just a greyscale look. All I can see is White, Light Grey, and Dark. I have downloaded a theme from here and want to use it with visual studio. I tried downloading the Visual Studio Color Theme Editor, but it only supports. The Visual Studio 2012 offers two themes, Light and Dark. I want to switch the theme to Dark, but Im not able to find any menus or options to do that. I found out a. Changing to a theme with color in Office 2. Im posting this here because Im hoping it will be cathartic, not because I actually expect anybody at MS to actually do anything about it as a company they set the trend, so gleefully adopted by other companies like Google and e. Bay, of never, EVER listening. ALWAYS being incredibly arrogant, thinking that they ALWAYS know best. Apologies for the old skool way of quoting someone, but the people who designed this forum obviously decided that they knew best, and that nobody would ever want to split a block of quoted text up so as to reply point by point. Jennie E wrote Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on this issue. When redesigning the Office 2. OK, fine.    But why, if you provide a cleaner experience that minimizes distractions and unnecessary elements doesalso. IF THAT IS WHAT. THEY WANT, stop those who agree with you from choosing the new, clean minimalism Our fresh new look got a lot of positive feedback from usability testers and from customers in the field. Really   Be honest, at least to yourself even if you cant say anything here how many people are now providing you with positive feedback, and how many are complaining   I started looking for ways to change the colour scheme because. A logo is not your brand, nor is it your identity. Logo design, identity design and branding all have different roles, that together, form a perceived image for a. Microsoft Expression is changing. Expression Blend is now Blend for Visual Studio. Expression Design, Encoder, and Web Professional are now available as free. Explore the components of, and expectations for, the AP Studio Art 2D Design portfolios, and review scoring guidelines and sample portfolios. Visual Studio 2010 Themes Dark' title='Visual Studio 2010 Themes Dark' />Ive only just moved to 2. I thought dont like that, how do I change it. And all I can see are hundreds, if not thousands, of people, on site after site after site saying that they dont like it and why cant. This is not the shock of the new youll see from my screenshots that before 2. I was using 2. 00. Im trying hard to give the new interface functionality a chance, and not complain about that. But the basic window appearance has nothing to do with menuribbontoolbar functionality. Its still a window, it still has edges and corners to grab, it still has a title bar, it still has buttons for minimising, maximising, closing. And all of that is Windows functionality, not application. However, after several months of broad use, it was clear that many customers are requesting a new, darker theme. Really   I dont think so it seems to me that what many customers are asking for is a wide choice, to be able to have what they want, even if you dont think it elegant, or you find it distracting. And talking of choice, Id like to share with you some of the choices Ive made. Here are a couple of screenshots of areas of my desktop http s. ScreenHunter1. 10Feb0. ScreenHunter1. 11Feb0. The point Id like to make with those is that because I have chosen to have a plain grey desktop and I have chosen to have purple text with a transparent background, and I have chosen to tweak the icons, and I have chosen to not have shortcuts show as shortcuts. Its all about choice. Heres what windows look like on my system http s. Slide. 1. jpgNo, its not XP, its 7. Ive chosen that design because its what I want. Have Microsoft received complaints from people that because of my choice, they have to do the same   No. Its all about choice. Returning to a cleaner experience that minimizes distractions and unnecessary elements, Id like you to compare and contrast these two screenshots, as they show the difference or rather the dreadful lack of difference between how a Word 2. OS with the theme Ive chosen for the Word 2. Slide. 2. jpghttp s. Lex Vs Ryan Conner Scene 4 more. Slide. 3. jpg. Frankly, I would like the choice of a little more distraction so that I can instantly see which window has focus and which do not. My Windows theme gives me that for everything except Office 2. At a fundamental level, why did you ever need to move away from honouring Windows settings in the first placeLastly, sounds. I like them.   Not everybody does. But its all about choice, and me choosing to use them doesnt constrain anybody elses choice. Does Office 2. I have for minimise. No, it does not.    More arrogance you have decided that. I do how. I want to use sounds on my system.