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RL_Dane

@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org

Involuntary time-traveler, recipient of offensive grace. Quasi-technical Linux and FOSS enthusiast. Armchair privacy advocate

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RL_Dane, to accessibility
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I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing this kind of thing.

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https://home.social/@krishnadraws/110234037184935639

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@mos_8502

lol... I can't argue with that.

At least is configurable enough to be made pretty decently useful.

Well, I think Snow Leopard was pretty decent ๐Ÿ˜

RL_Dane,
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@teamtuck

I could never get into dark mode.
When I was young, "light mode" meant you had a fancy computer (Macintosh, Unix workstation), and "dark mode" meant you had a cheap computer (DOS) ;)

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@teamtuck

My eyes are getting a bit older and like getting more light ๐Ÿค“

krishnadraws, to accessibility

Contrast in text readability has gotten significantly worse with , especially with light text on a light background. Here's a comparison of desktop icons in MacOS 9 vs. macOS Ventura. At least in classic MacOS there is a small box around the icon's name.

macOS Ventura text - the subtle drop shadow minimally aids readability to text that would otherwise be difficult to read.

RL_Dane,
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@krishnadraws
Nobody remembers why things were done the way they were, so basic UI principles are being changed based on feeble aesthetic whims.

As someone who has used GUIs since 1984, this drives me insane. The only GUIs I use anymore are the ones that let me change the idiotic defaults.

RL_Dane,
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@krishnadraws

Another silly thing I've noticed a lot lately is that some captions and a lot of video player UI elements are pure white with no black border/outline.

So what happens when the video is very light?

Sheesh.

In the 80s & 90s, all captions and video text had THICK black outlines to ensure readability.

I think modern OSes should bring back monochrome mode, and force devs to make their interfaces work in monochrome.
That will teach them how to make interfaces that are usable.

RL_Dane,
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@krishnadraws

I think that most devs (and probably even managers) are pretty young, and 1) don't remember how things were done even a decade ago or particularly why, and 2) don't have to deal with aging eyes.

They think vision issues are binary or exponential where in fact they're extremely linear, and it's a multi-decade decline from 20/20 to the kind of impairment that necessitates "high-contrast mode."

Interfaces can be aesthetic and usable and accessible, but they scarcely try. ๐Ÿ˜“

lopta, to random
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They took away the water coolers at work, which also means we can't fill the coffee pot. I get the impression they're not interested in keeping people around.

RL_Dane,
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@lopta

Yikes.

As we used to say at my old job,
"The beatings will continue until morale improves." ๐Ÿ˜

RL_Dane,
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@lopta

Egad. Never attribute to incompetence what can be addequately explained by greed. ๐Ÿ˜†

Sounds like you should organize a "thermos movement" and encourage people to bring their own coffee as a response ๐Ÿ˜

@vfrmedia

brandont, to random

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    RL_Dane,
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    @benjaminhollon
    @brandont

    I'm slightly tempted to buy one just so I can run KSP without tons of crashes. ๐Ÿ˜“

    RL_Dane, to random
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    Wow, that's nuts :D

    cc: @benjaminhollon

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    @benjaminhollon

    I believe it ๐Ÿ˜

    RL_Dane,
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    @benjaminhollon

    lol,

    glassnerves, to random

    My "tiny computer" cosplaying an Unix workstation. ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚

    RL_Dane,
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    @glassnerves

    That's wild!

    Reminds me a bit of the old Transmeta Crusoe

    @lopta

    RL_Dane, to random
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    I didn't realize just how much I missed .

    No hatin' on , but man, this is such smooth, clean, elegant desktop.
    It adapts to my crazy brain almost as well (possibly better *) than .

    *The only thing I don't like about i3 is that floating windows always float above tiled windows. It would be nice if they could be brought above and below freely, but they're on a layer that's permanently above anything tiled. Minor niggle, though.

    RL_Dane,
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    @dropbear42

    Yeah, if you have the RAM to spare*, KDE is just so nice.

    *Not that it takes a ginormous amount

    RL_Dane,
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    @nobloat

    Yeah, i3 has that feature as well, and it does help mitigate the issue.

    RL_Dane,
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    @dropbear42

    Yeah, it is all that and a bag of chips.

    I just wish I could find a few million in my couch cushions to do some awesome bugfix bounties.

    I use on my personal machines, but fits my workflow so nicely at work.

    keadamander, to random German
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    RL_Dane,
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    @sotolf

    I'm not familiar with wildmenu.

    Is that a plugin?

    @benjaminhollon @birnim @keadamander

    RL_Dane,
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    @sotolf

    Is it in NeoVim as well?

    @benjaminhollon @birnim @keadamander

    RL_Dane,
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    @sotolf @benjaminhollon @birnim @keadamander

    Ah, ok. What I'm talking about is more than just command completion.
    Some combination of the old Lotus 1-2-3 menu system (which was very discoverable and easy to navigate, IIRC) and Mac OS X's searchable menus

    hannah, to random
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    Garbage disposal is just a blender that makes really really bad smoothies

    RL_Dane,
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    @hannah

    Ewww! ๐Ÿ˜†

    @dheadshot

    millihertz, to random

    "we're just sending a big tube full of high explosives out of the atmosphere, it's not rocket science"

    ohhhh dear

    RL_Dane,
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    @millihertz

    Heh, too many someones, all of them somehow in control of the nation in ways big and small over the years for some inexplicable reason.

    We should change the name of our country to Dunning-Krugerrandia. ;)

    RL_Dane,
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    @millihertz

    Who said this??

    RL_Dane, (edited ) to random
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    I tell you, every time I see Trump shills standing and waving their stupid flags on the street corner, I tell myself I'm going to buy a bright red T-Shirt as a satirical protest.

    If any of them knew history, they'd really think twice when they see that.

    Edit: sorry, I set the CW text, but forgot to turn it on :(

    RL_Dane, to random
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    Ok, 5.27's new tiling mode is kinda swank.

    Nothing revolutionary, they just make it such that if you resize one tiled window, the others adjust to fit within the space given.

    As I said, not spectacular, Pop Shell, , and others have more impressive tiling, but I'm just happy that this much is finally here on KDE. :)

    Also, the new tinting is friggin' NOICE.

    RL_Dane, to linux
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    Hey ,

    Is there a simple way (like an environment variable) to tell // commandline applications that I'm running in light mode, so PLEASE do not give me yellow on white text?

    Or do I just need to modify my terminal colors to be darker? (doesn't help with programs that pick specific colors)

    RL_Dane,
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    @teamtuck

    I guess I'll just play with Konsole's colors to make them a bit darker.
    Kinda strange to me that there's no way to set light/dark mode within the terminal (i.e. for the command line apps, not for the terminal itself)

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