Comment by shlewis
16 hours ago
1. There is a link to a demo website, which is in fact in similar style.
2. I don't think the website is _nearly unreadable_.
3. Pretty rude remark.
16 hours ago
1. There is a link to a demo website, which is in fact in similar style.
2. I don't think the website is _nearly unreadable_.
3. Pretty rude remark.
> 2. I don't think the website is _nearly unreadable_.
For me personally, the color scheme is uncomfortable to read. Dark text on a dark background
It's the decades-old problem of blue on black, which has led to interminable discussions of which exact tint of blue should be ECMA-45 blue on a terminal. Pick one, it has poor contrast with a black background. Pick another, it has poor contrast with a white background.
* https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#dont_like_...
So, pick two? One for each background?
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try the demo. it’s an entirely different style, which shows how versatile the tool is
It still doesn't reflect the design philosophy at all, though. A wacky approximation of early MacOS that offers nonfunctional UI affordances doesn't fit my bill of No obscurantist programming languages and styles, or simple, maintainable software akin to machines that need to work under all circumstances in the far north.
I was also a little disappointed with the philosophy's goals in general, which seem to be mostly the personal preferences of a lone-wolf style open source developer, not a universal approach to software design.
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