The point with terminal transparency is that people who use them a lot tend to look at them a lot, and having something more appealing than white-on-black is in

The point with terminal transparency is that people who use them a lot tend to look at them a lot, and having something more appealing than white-on-black is in many cases a necessity for their happiness and well-being. And we already have a 'simple' default terminal - xterm. We also have twm, but not many people seem to be using it daily either. Guess gnome's going there too.