My biggest gripe about the default GNOME settings. Are there any sickos that use black text on white?
And I think all programs should follow user theming, regardless of desktop environment, widget set, or anything else. ('Scuse me while I give GTK4 the stinkeye again.) You can never tell whether someone’s colour selection is a matter of accessibility rather than just personal preference, so you absolutely should not ignore it. Defaults matter very little as long as you can change them.
Yeah, stopthemingmy.app feels crazy to me to be coming from the open-source community.
I expect more of this kind of nonsense as more and more people come to Linux.
I first read this as…
Stop them in my app.
I did the same thing the other day when I saw “winedlloverrides” (for the program Wine if that helps).
This is a great explanation of what drove me away from Gnome into the loving arms of KDE. I used to be a Gnome 2 die hard. I don’t like Gnome 3, but I’m still glad it exists because some of you guys do.
I need a certain level of customizability.
For sure, KDE is the way to go, and it’s easy enough that even my mom can figure it out.
My wife laments the fact that my laptop, desktop, and the family PC all have different desktop environments and the text is so small you need a magnifying glass, and yet, I have never seen her struggle to use any of them. Her Windows work PC however…
This is why we ask respectfully that our applications not be themed.
Ok, just skimmed the page, but if I read it right, your apps are for screenshots, not people. That’s a choice, but ok, I wasn’t going to use them anyway, judging from the screenshots. May I suggest renaming the site pleasedontusemy.app, for clarity?
Semitransparent backgrounds for terminals are the worst. I don’t mean to kinkshame, but it, imo, should not be a default.
I vastly prefer suntan background and blackish font. White on black makes my eyes tired.
Not black text on white, but light grey/purple on dark grey was pretty popular with Sun Microsystems. I think OG Apple Macintosh used Black on White, or at least close enough colors.
That said I use something like this for work.
Are there any sickos that use black text on white?
IIRC that’s the default on macOS if the theme is in light mode instead of dark mode. So probably.
I’ll occasionally switch to that as it shows up better on projection screens for presentations, but it’s not my default.
You’re wrong.
If you are unable to change the default setting, you have no business opening a terminal.
Every terminal program I used allows you to set its colours independent of the global theme.
Guess it depends on the theme. MacOS had it since OSX. FVWM back in the day. Just changes from time to time. If I’m in a bright ass room, sometimes it can be more comfortable.
I change mine to white text on blue background a la Commodore 64.
Black on light grey. AmigaOS represent
Works best with an authentic font: https://gitlab.com/Screwtapello/topaz-unicode
Oh man, thank you for that. So many memories!
Oooh! I was orange(ish) text on black a la Wyse but I might change for a bit
You might like cool retro term
Transparent is superior, fight me.
Before I fight you, I have one question:
With or without background blur?
Without, I’m still watching what’s happening in that background window.
You’re not invited to my birthday party anymore
😢
Green text on a black background with a background image that makes the terminal window look like it has scan lines.
Are there any sickos that use black text on white?
hello!
black text on white with comic sans. lol
I can see comic sans making it more usable
it helps if you’re middle aged and some characters like “l”, “1” and “I” look too much alike for comfort.
How? It’s not even a monospace font
It can be. : )
A variable width font in a terminal???
Use this instead: https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code
And make it #000 pure black if you do… I have written about why
It makes sense to use the same setting for this, at least by default, as for dark and light mode in general. Why would you want your terminal dark but your email client bright?
Because when you’re terminaling, you’re hacking, hence dark. When you’re emailing, you’re officeing, hence light.
What if I’m running an email client in the terminal? ;)
I myself prefer dark mode for everything. But if somebody prefers a bright background, why would they not in the terminal too?
I sometimes prefer light mode, for example on my laptop in bright environments because I find that it gives me better contrast and keeps more of the screen viewable
