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I actually sometimes associate words with sound and color - it makes me wonder why we are still limiting ourselves only visual feedback. I vaguely remember som
by recuter 13y ago
I actually sometimes associate words with sound and color - it makes me wonder why we are still limiting ourselves only visual feedback.
I vaguely remember somebody posting a lisp-y emacs-y setup of a synth coding environment of sorts that looked like heaven to me. (You'd quickly iterate on code with transforms that would shift the sound playing at all times and the colors would POP at you) It also makes me wonder how blind coders handle things. Does a pleasant yet distinct background noise when hovering over say, curly braces or parens, does that make sense to anybody else? I'm developing an itch here but I don't want to go it alone as it were.
Edit: also come to think of it, why isn't this stuff empirically tested? The right font faces and sizes for optimal readability, tabs vs spaces, camelCase vs snake_case, colors and which ones, all the classics. Where is the science?
- bcj 13y agoInteresting in theory, though it could get annoying fast (The first thing I do is always to turn off the bell). Changing tone based on depth could be pretty interesting, as could tones representing things like unused variables. Based on your preferences, you could also do things like have the noise grow unpleasant if you do something you shouldn't (e.g., reuse a variable name, write an impure function, etc.).