Anybody else find Visual Studio 2012 hard to read?

Question

I find the new UI very hard to look at after a few minutes. They seem to have gone to give it a low-contrast look so reading the text is very difficult.

Anybody found a workaround to get a VS2010 look but still take advantage of the new stuff in .net 4.5?

Answer 1

1. Change theme to Light to Dark. (Options > Environment > General)
2. Change toolbar font / BG colour. (Options > Environment > Fonts & Colours)
3. Try to use themes.