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Oh yes! I am so over programs that output yellow text into a terminal with a white background and somehow expect people to be able to read the result
by Taniwha 5y ago
Oh yes! I am so over programs that output yellow text into a terminal with a white background and somehow expect people to be able to read the result
- lolinder 5y agoDon't most terminal themes map colors such that they're all mostly legible? And if not, wouldn't it be trivial to change yellow to an orange or brown? As a rule, I don't see any reason why a terminal theme should have any color that is illegible on its background. That feels like a problem with the theme more than with the program running on it.
- dahfizz 5y agoThe exception is "true color" output[1]. In supported terminals you can make text any rgb value, regardless of theme. [1] https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728 https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728
- lolinder 5y agoFair. But presumably if you're doing that you're also specifying a good background color.
- kevincox 5y agoYou should? Yes. You are? Likely not. Developers will pick coliurs that look good on their theme and not even think about overriding the background colour until they get a bug report.
- heavyset_go 5y agoMy pet peeve is purple and dark blue on black or gray backgrounds.