Those are my eyes staring at you. They allow me to see you clearly through this screen. No, don't click there, it will take you away from my online space.
Let me start again, I am Wyatt and I am a software engineer. I am also a process theologian, author, music hipster, struggling artist who enjoys thinking outside of your finitude. I am not as pretentious as that line makes me sound. If you have some spare time read more about me.
I absolutely hate the Design/Split/Source button bar whenever I am editing markup.
It is especially annoying whenever I switch to full screen, because it still appears, even though it serves no purpose for me. Therefore, I opt to completely remove it, as you should do as well. I think this may also count as a minor performance tweak, as there is less processing that studio will have to do when switching to the html editor. Below is how to completely remove it:
Add a new DWORD entry in your registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Packages\{1B437D20-F8FE-11D2-A6AE-00104BCC7269}
Name the DWORD DisableDesignView and set its value to 1.
Reload Visual Studio and the annoying bar is removed. You should note that this may also disable your CSS intellisense. but who needs that?