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A few things that would improve TUIs for me: 1. Add some left and right margins to the terminal window so the text isn't completely flush to the edge of the wi
by open-source-ux 7y ago
A few things that would improve TUIs for me:
1. Add some left and right margins to the terminal window so the text isn't completely flush to the edge of the window. Make this the default.
2. Add a bit of line spacing between each line. Enough so that each line is spaced proportional to the height of the font and it looks pleasant. This doesn't mean acres of blank space or lack of "information density".
3. Use tables to display columnar information or data. These can be faint table lines when needed to help guide the eye across the screen. Or at least space the columns out so the data from columns don't look like they are crashing into each other. This would mean rendering a TUI with a more sophisticated display engine than a basic character-only one.
Finally, wouldn't it be nice if an experienced professional type designer applied some typographic finesse to a terminal screen? One can only imagine the disdain and sky-high snark they'd encounter from developers.