Indeed. I was one of the detractors at first, but the splashes of color they gave to the icons appeased my original complaints. After working in it for several

Indeed. I was one of the detractors at first, but the splashes of color they gave to the icons appeased my original complaints. After working in it for several weeks, I'd say it's just as easy (if not more so) to get around in code. I find the concept of "distractionless programming" to hold true; now when I go back to 2010 it feels overwhelming. My eyes are always leaving the code, where they should be. In general, we don't need icons or buttons or menus to write code, so props to MS for sticking to their guns on this. Sometimes it's better to have a benevolent dictator than a democracy.