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200ms is really, really slow. You almost certainly type familiar words faster than at 5cps. You'd notice and feel it, even if you don't. The thresholds are obvi
by pvg 6y ago
200ms is really, really slow. You almost certainly type familiar words faster than at 5cps. You'd notice and feel it, even if you don't. The thresholds are obviously different for what one typically perceives as slow or insufficiently responsive but at 200ms, almost everything stops feeling responsive.
- sushisource 6y agoThe exact number really isn't the point. The point is if the terminal emulator is 1% of that 200ms (or 100, or whatever), then who gives a shit. You should be buying a better monitor first.
- pvg 6y agoI don't think the terminal emulator matters that much below some number, it's just that you picked a really high number and that the perception of slowness is neither linear nor the same across types of activities. I think this is generally a little bit of a weakness in the article itself.