you are a compulsive replier, you haven't time to use a computer On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 3:24 AM, Uriel <lost.gob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:01 PM, frederic <fduboi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Example: > >>>> http://xinutec.org/~pippijn/files/img/collection/why-transparency-is-evil.jpg > >>>> > > > > So sugar is evil, because if one eats too much of it, one may die. > > And make the world a better place as a result. > > > >>>> So, I agree with uriel: transparency is for idiots. > > > > Often, drunk people seem to believe that other people are drunk. > > And often idiots are just idiots. > > > > Do yourself a favour: stop calling others idiots. > > Do yourself and the world a favour and go use Gnome, or even better OS X. > > > >>> When I was young I thought hey that looks cool (compared to the usual > >>> terminals on Windows by that time). But when actually using it for a > >>> while it hurts more and the coolness factor becomes obsolete sooner > >>> than later. Perhaps the younger generation has better eyes and can > >>> cope with it for a couple of years, but I haven't seen any serious > >>> programmer that worked with translucent terminals very long... > >>> > > > > I think I'm not younger than you, and I have been working with translucent > > terminals for about ten years on a daily basis. > > And now we have conclusive evidence that using translucent terminals > for extended periods of time damages the brain! > > Thanks for sacrificing yourself as guinea pig for this essential and > fascinating scientific research project. > > > > I think the reason why I've been using them for so long is because I use > > them more for the aesthetics than for the coolness factor. > > Of course, my wallpaper doesn't show some lame anime character, insipid > > landscape or kickass-y car. > > What have you got as wallpaper? A picture of your but? > > > >>> Apart from that, all the other reasons (unnecessary complexity, > >>> unnecessary cpu cycles, etc) are true and I agree. > >>> > > > > I won't argue against that. Suckless software is nice, because it spares > > some resources on my machine, so I can use translucent terminals :) > > > >> > >> If you need the transparency, there are compositing window managers > >> that will do perfect transparency for any application you would like > >> to. > > > > Not exactly. Last time I tried, a compositing manager makes transparent > > everything including writings, and performs true transparency. It is > > significantly less comfortable than pseudo-transparency done by terminals > > themselves. A comfortable translucent set up requires a accurate settings in > > order to balance correctly eye-candy and easy reading. > > I know that many enjoy so much the mental-masturbatory process of > configuring and "tuning" their desktops to death, but some of us > managed to outgrow our pre-adolescent vices and actually use computers > to get work done, hell, or even to have *actual* fun like watching > films or perhaps playing games, instead of spending a lifetime > pretending that the look of our work area is some kind of third rate > kitsch 'art work'. > > Peace > > uriel >
-- Atentament. Jordi Mariné
