On Tuesday 09 May 2006 02:41 pm, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Samuel Baldwin wrote: > > Alexander Skwar wrote: > >> That's something I'll never understand - why make the text on > >> a terminal harder to read, by using transparency? > >> Granted, it'll look better, but that's it. > >> IMO transparency is one of the most useless features. > > > > True, it's not that usefull, but it does look nice. > > Yes, it certainly has the potential to look nice. No doubt.
I don't use transparency. I don't care about it enough to spend the time to get the right balance. Also, I use a laptop, and my screen's brightness fluctuates with my battery level. So, the opacity for being plugged in isn't the same for being unplugged. I just use this green on black scheme which is visually intimidating but remarkably easy to read at all different screen brightnesses. I like it. > > It provides a nice > > change of pace, so that way, when you're running a terminal in X, it > > doesn't look exactly like the regular shell. > > Well - a terminal is something to work with. And this has to > be functional and not "provide a change of pace". Totally. That's why I push YaKuake. It's so darn accessible that it's there when I want it. I learned most of what I know about Linux command shells with YaKuake on Kubuntu, just because it was so easy to be reading a web page, pop down YaKuake, try something out, all while still looking at the web page. It was truly awesome. > > As far as making it harder > > to read, I've found it quite easy. If it conflicts with your background > > design, just change the text color. > > My text color is black, as my background is white, which is, BTW, > the best to read for the majority of people (if you're not handicapped, > that is). That's so, because the contrast between the text and the > background cannot be higher than with black on white (or white on > black). You're using a CRT and a desktop, no doubt. You see, reccommending this for all users is a big no-no, since on many displays a higher contrast ratio will make eyestrain a first rate problem. I don't think there's any setting that is best, rather, I think users should be encouraged to experiment around to find the best balance of eye candy, readability, and functionality for them and their monitor and lighting. > > It is also possible to turn the > > transparency off, if needed. > > Yep. That's what I do. Same. Partially because my poor Intel i810 series graphics chip would wither up and die if I tried to put any more compositing than I do now with it (none.) My CPU ends up rendering most things, which is annoying, since my CPU spikes whenever I'm rendering anything. Oh well... someone will make a better driver someday. Either way I don't care - if I need power I go to my desktop machine, which will make most other boxes look like small graphing calculators with USB ports. : )
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