This document discusses improvements to icons, line work, hover colors, scrollbars, and instances in Visual Studio 2013 to provide a better experience for high density displays. It also shows that configuration switches are faster in Visual Studio 2013 compared to Visual Studio 2012 and provides links to blogs, channels, and downloads to get previews of Windows 8.1 and Visual Studio 2013.

1. http://pranavon.net

9. Improved icons
Line work to better define areas and regions
Hover colors
Scrollbar states
Active/inactive instances
Improved experience for high density displays

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21. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/

22. Share your feedback
http://VisualStudio.uservoice.com
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio
Get the releases
Windows 8.1 Preview
http://preview.windows.com
Visual Studio 2013 Preview
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=306566