On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:46:43 +0100
"alex" <info@alexanderbothe.com> wrote:
> 
> Nope. You can switch it so some darker schemes. I also switched it to some darker background because it also was too bright for me.

I couldn't find any settings for that. Where are they?

On Thursday, 14 March 2013 at 22:33:38 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:46:43 +0100
> "alex" <info@alexanderbothe.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Nope. You can switch it so some darker schemes. I also switched it to some darker background because it also was too bright for me.
>
> I couldn't find any settings for that. Where are they?

On Windows, it's Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> Syntax highlighting. Just select an other scheme, close the options dlg and you'll see it :)

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:42:04 +0100
"alex" <info@alexanderbothe.com> wrote:

> On Thursday, 14 March 2013 at 22:33:38 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:46:43 +0100
> > "alex" <info@alexanderbothe.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Nope. You can switch it so some darker schemes. I also switched it to some darker background because it also was too bright for me.
> >
> > I couldn't find any settings for that. Where are they?
> 
> On Windows, it's Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> Syntax highlighting. Just select an other scheme, close the options dlg and you'll see it :)

That's only affecting the text editor, not the rest of the UI. Ironically, the text editor is one thing that does display just fine with the default settings (aside from being very bright).

On Friday, 15 March 2013 at 00:50:57 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:42:04 +0100
> "alex" <info@alexanderbothe.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, 14 March 2013 at 22:33:38 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> > On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:46:43 +0100
>> > "alex" <info@alexanderbothe.com> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> Nope. You can switch it so some darker schemes. I also switched it to some darker background because it also was too bright for me.
>> >
>> > I couldn't find any settings for that. Where are they?
>> 
>> On Windows, it's Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> Syntax highlighting. Just select an other scheme, close the options dlg and you'll see it :)
>
> That's only affecting the text editor, not the rest of the UI.
> Ironically, the text editor is one thing that does display just fine
> with the default settings (aside from being very bright).

Oh noooees. Seriously, the only bright things in the main UI are only a menu bar and the solution pad, by default - Imho a circumstance which one can survive easily ;-D

On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:38:45 +0100
"alex" <info@alexanderbothe.com> wrote:

> On Friday, 15 March 2013 at 00:50:57 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:42:04 +0100
> > "alex" <info@alexanderbothe.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thursday, 14 March 2013 at 22:33:38 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> >> > On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:46:43 +0100
> >> > "alex" <info@alexanderbothe.com> wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> Nope. You can switch it so some darker schemes. I also switched it to some darker background because it also was too bright for me.
> >> >
> >> > I couldn't find any settings for that. Where are they?
> >> 
> >> On Windows, it's Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> Syntax highlighting. Just select an other scheme, close the options dlg and you'll see it :)
> >
> > That's only affecting the text editor, not the rest of the UI.
> > Ironically, the text editor is one thing that does display just
> > fine
> > with the default settings (aside from being very bright).
> 
> Oh noooees. Seriously, the only bright things in the main UI are only a menu bar and the solution pad, by default - Imho a circumstance which one can survive easily ;-D

I think you may be misunderstanding. See this image:

http://semitwist.com/download/img/shots/xamarin_screen.png

Even ignoring the "disregard my system settings" overdose of
white, the UI is still just generally very difficult to read due to what
appears to be a (more or less) buggy theme. Note in particular:

1. Invisible menu items.

2. "Very-light-grey on white" menu items.

3. Generally messed up text on buttons.

4. Overzealous anti-aliasing on the dialog text such as "C:\Users..." and "Always create a backup copy". Not as bad as the first three, but it'll still hurt a guy's eyes after a while.

On Friday, 15 March 2013 at 14:33:06 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Even ignoring the "disregard my system settings" overdose of
> white, the UI is still just generally very difficult to read due to what
> appears to be a (more or less) buggy theme. Note in particular:
>
> 1. Invisible menu items.
>
> 2. "Very-light-grey on white" menu items.
>
> 3. Generally messed up text on buttons.
>
> 4. Overzealous anti-aliasing on the dialog text such as "C:\Users..."
> and "Always create a backup copy". Not as bad as the first three, but
> it'll still hurt a guy's eyes after a while.

http://i.imgur.com/nZxJIgO.png

Can't see a problem on my side, literally.

This website is a mess. The "home" still shows v3, following the download, you'll reach v4.0 (windows)... which is so ugly and buggy.

The latest for windows, which I found in their forum, is:
http://download.xamarin.com/studio/Windows/XamarinStudio-4.0.1.msi


On 14.03.2013 22:43, alex wrote:
> On Thursday, 14 March 2013 at 20:47:57 UTC, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>> On 3/14/13, Nick Sabalausky <SeeWebsiteToContactMe@semitwist.com> wrote:
>>> Wikipedia's MonoDevelop page says
>>> "Xamarin offers a rebranded version of MonoDevlop 4.0 as Xamarin Studio
>>> which now uses platform-specific code in various places to enhance the
>>> look & feel." So sounds good :)
>>
>> Unfortunately they now forcefully bundle the Android SDK, which I have
>> no use for, but have to wait downloading 800MB..
>
> 800 Megs? My download was only 31 MB large ;)
>
> Please consider downloading the version from
> http://monodevelop.com/download
> -- you don't have to register to the Xamarin site then.

On Friday, 15 March 2013 at 21:07:07 UTC, notna wrote:
> This website is a mess. The "home" still shows v3, following the download, you'll reach v4.0 (windows)... which is so ugly and buggy.
>
> The latest for windows, which I found in their forum, is:
> http://download.xamarin.com/studio/Windows/XamarinStudio-4.0.1.msi

They just don't care about distribution on Linux anymore - there is a variety of reasons for this, but anyway I loaded up a custom bundle so you aren't forced to use their website (anymore) ;)