My biggest gripe about the default GNOME settings. Are there any sickos that use black text on white?
from a design perspective, consistency is key. light mode is on? then light mode means light mode, and apps should be in light mode.
do you want both your terminal to be dark theme and your gtk apps (including all of the gnome UI) to be light theme at the same time?
do you want settings within every single app in order to change from light mode to dark mode, as opposed to a global toggle that applies to every UI on your computer?
alternatively, is the terminal the only exception to this global toggle, and this design inconsistency by having the default contradict the default of the rest of your desktop environment is your preference?
That’s exactly how I like it. Terminal, white text on black background. Browser, etc in light mode.
xfce4-terminal (which is standalone btw) has a “follow system theme” setting. This is something they do right.
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.
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.
Are there any sickos that use black text on white?
hello!
black text on white with comic sans. lol
A variable width font in a terminal???
Use this instead: https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code
it’s not actually comic sans, it’s something like this and i think i like this better; thanks for making me aware of it.
I can see comic sans making it more usable
How? It’s not even a monospace font
It can be. : )
it helps if you’re middle aged and some characters like “l”, “1” and “I” look too much alike for comfort.
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
Green text on a black background with a background image that makes the terminal window look like it has scan lines.
Try having astigmatism, white text on a black background is physically painful
I have astigmatism and the only time this gets problematic is when I don’t adjust the brightness accordingly for dark mode.
I’ll give that a try, thanks :)
astigmatist with shitty glasses here. Make your font bolder or bigger
I’ve got a feeling I’ve tried bigger, but not bolder. I’ll try them both, thanks :)
also try thinner and more asymmetrical (dyslexic style) fonts too.
I do have astigmatism funnily enough
I can use the terminal in short bursts, but switching to black text on a white background just looks wrong. I might just have to suffer >.<
Green on white?
Iccan’t tell if that’s a terrible idea, or absolute genius. I’ll let you know tomorrow! :D
I like to use white on a transparent/glossy color.
Kind of like this (very old pic I know):
I vastly prefer suntan background and blackish font. White on black makes my eyes tired.
Every terminal program I used allows you to set its colours independent of the global theme.
Pure black background makes it unreadable for me. When I encountered this on websites, i use the Firefox function to turn it into a black on white background theme, so my eyes don’t hurt reading longer text. Same logic applies to the terminal, especially when programming. I think pure black as a background shouldn’t be default. However I do actually appreciate darker tones as background, but its never pure black. It depends on the combination of colors for text (and on the rest of the system 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.
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
here is an interesting read: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687016302459
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.
Semitransparent backgrounds for terminals are the worst. I don’t mean to kinkshame, but it, imo, should not be a default.
