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> Software designers should aim to offer the smallest number of options they can get away with. That's should always be second to providing solutions. Solve

> Software designers should aim to offer the smallest number of options they can get away with. That's should always be second to providing solutions. Solve the problems that transparency solved first. If you aren't aware of the problems that transparency in terminals provided, then removing it is purely an act of ignorance.

mseepgood 14y ago
The thing is transparency didn't solve any problem. It was just a nerdiness thing.
- chumpalump 14y ago
  Nerdiness is evolution. Flowers are colorful and fancy to attract bees. Transparent terminals are colourful and fancy to attract hackers (aka users).
- keithpeter 14y ago
  How do you know? 1) Have you searched the literature on perceptual defects and enablement? If so I'd love to see references. 2) Have you consulted widely on mailing lists that Gnome Terminal users use and checked use cases? If so, can you link to those? I'd like to see them.
- arjie 14y ago
  This is a classic example of someone who doesn't use a feature being unable to see the use cases for it.
- jasonlotito 14y ago
  You are ignorant of the problems it solved. > How can I use a full screen terminal window and still read documentation in that same screen? I've asked this question. I've yet to see a reply.
  - richardwhiuk 14y ago
    Try one of a dozen solutions which split your screen into two parts? screen and tmux both do this? If your documentation isn't viewable in terminal, why do you insist of having a full screen all the time - resize your terminal? If you do insist of having a full screen all the time, why are you using gnome-terminal at all?
    - jasonlotito 14y ago
      I already use tmux. It doesn't solve the problem in the least. > why do you insist of having a full screen all the time Because I'm actively working in my terminal. Why should I waste space moving something somewhere else, especially away from where I'm looking? > resize your terminal? Maybe you like limiting the size of your workspace, but I don't. > If you do insist of having a full screen all the time, Because I'm not always in the terminal, but when I'm in the terminal, I don't see a reason to limit the space it uses. Anyways, not you are being willfully ignorant. Rather than try and understand the problem, and how transparency was being used, you are being dismissive. You aren't trying to help in the least. So, unless you want to take the time to understand the problem, why waste your time, and others, adding a comment that is essentially worthless?
- mratzloff 14y ago
  > The thing is transparency didn't solve any problem. It was just a nerdiness thing. Um, do they know their market? I doubt grandma is clammoring for transparency in her terminal windows but she's not the primary user profile for Gnome, you know?

mseepgood 14y ago

The thing is transparency didn't solve any problem. It was just a nerdiness thing.

chumpalump 14y ago
Nerdiness is evolution. Flowers are colorful and fancy to attract bees. Transparent terminals are colourful and fancy to attract hackers (aka users).
keithpeter 14y ago
How do you know? 1) Have you searched the literature on perceptual defects and enablement? If so I'd love to see references. 2) Have you consulted widely on mailing lists that Gnome Terminal users use and checked use cases? If so, can you link to those? I'd like to see them.
arjie 14y ago
This is a classic example of someone who doesn't use a feature being unable to see the use cases for it.
jasonlotito 14y ago
You are ignorant of the problems it solved. > How can I use a full screen terminal window and still read documentation in that same screen? I've asked this question. I've yet to see a reply.
- richardwhiuk 14y ago
  Try one of a dozen solutions which split your screen into two parts? screen and tmux both do this? If your documentation isn't viewable in terminal, why do you insist of having a full screen all the time - resize your terminal? If you do insist of having a full screen all the time, why are you using gnome-terminal at all?
  - jasonlotito 14y ago
    I already use tmux. It doesn't solve the problem in the least. > why do you insist of having a full screen all the time Because I'm actively working in my terminal. Why should I waste space moving something somewhere else, especially away from where I'm looking? > resize your terminal? Maybe you like limiting the size of your workspace, but I don't. > If you do insist of having a full screen all the time, Because I'm not always in the terminal, but when I'm in the terminal, I don't see a reason to limit the space it uses. Anyways, not you are being willfully ignorant. Rather than try and understand the problem, and how transparency was being used, you are being dismissive. You aren't trying to help in the least. So, unless you want to take the time to understand the problem, why waste your time, and others, adding a comment that is essentially worthless?
mratzloff 14y ago
> The thing is transparency didn't solve any problem. It was just a nerdiness thing. Um, do they know their market? I doubt grandma is clammoring for transparency in her terminal windows but she's not the primary user profile for Gnome, you know?