This is an extension that changes the format of comments in the following way:

XML doc comment tags are made slightly smaller and partially transparent, so they fade into the background a bit more. Certain elements inside the tags (such as the "***" in <param name="***">) remain completely opaque, so they appear slightly bold.

Regular comments are made slightly smaller, italicized, and rendered in Lucida Sans.

Works with C#, VB, C++, and likely other languages as well, as the logic is generalized to match all "comments".

Download the source on github!

Changelog:

v2.2: VS2013 support.

v2.1: VS2012 support.

v2.0: Updated for VS2010 RC/RTM.

v1.4: Made the updating logic much less aggressive, to prevent conflicts with other extensions that also modify the format map service.

v1.31: More fixes for issue in v1.3, where it wouldn't work correctly for thefirst file opened.

v1.3: Fixed a bug reported by "David" on a comment on my blog, that the handling of XML Doc Tags and XML Doc Comments wasn't very reliable. Also updated the screenshot and icon to fit the standard sizes.

v1.2: Updated for Beta 2.