The Dark Side

I'm finally getting around to setting the color schemes for the various IDEs that I use to a more darker color to help save my eyes.

There are many different resources that cover the IDE color scheme topic:

• http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VisualStudioProgrammerThemesGallery.aspx
• http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000682.html
  

The current schemes I've decided on using include:

• FlashDevelop: "Dark Theme Latcho" http://www.flashdevelop.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2860&start=17
  
• Xcode: "Midnight" (built-in)
  
• Visual Studio 2008: "The Dark Side" http://weblogs.asp.net/infinitiesloop/archive/2006/08/06/Join-the-Dark-Side-of-Visual-Studio.aspx
  

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