My biggest gripe about the default GNOME settings. Are there any sickos that use black text on white?

Guess it depends on the theme. MacOS had it since OSX. FVWM back in the day. Just changes from time to time. If I'm in a bright ass room, sometimes it can be more comfortable.

Are there any sickos that use black text on white?

IIRC that’s the default on macOS if the theme is in light mode instead of dark mode. So probably.

I'll occasionally switch to that as it shows up better on projection screens for presentations, but it's not my default.

You're wrong.

Transparent is superior, fight me.

If you are unable to change the default setting, you have no business opening a terminal.

I never noticed that the gnome terminal uses light mode by default. Bit everytime i had to use gnome the first thing i do is turn on dark mode in the settings, so maybe that's why.

Before I fight you, I have one question:

With or without background blur?

I change mine to white text on blue background a la Commodore 64.

I... like it 👀

It makes sense to use the same setting for this, at least by default, as for dark and light mode in general. Why would you want your terminal dark but your email client bright?

Because when you're terminaling, you're hacking, hence dark. When you're emailing, you're officeing, hence light.

Black on light grey. AmigaOS represent

What if I'm running an email client in the terminal? ;)

I myself prefer dark mode for everything. But if somebody prefers a bright background, why would they not in the terminal too?

from a design perspective, consistency is key. light mode is on? then light mode means light mode, and apps should be in light mode.

do you want both your terminal to be dark theme and your gtk apps (including all of the gnome UI) to be light theme at the same time?

do you want settings within every single app in order to change from light mode to dark mode, as opposed to a global toggle that applies to every UI on your computer?

alternatively, is the terminal the only exception to this global toggle, and this design inconsistency by having the default contradict the default of the rest of your desktop environment is your preference?

I sometimes prefer light mode, for example on my laptop in bright environments because I find that it gives me better contrast and keeps more of the screen viewable

here is an interesting read: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687016302459

Works best with an authentic font: https://gitlab.com/Screwtapello/topaz-unicode

Are there any sickos that use black text on white?

Hi.

I think the other way around: I read black letters on white paper when I read a book; why shouldn't it be the same on a screen? I find the black background more fatiguing for the eyes.

Try having astigmatism, white text on a black background is physically painful

xfce4-terminal (which is standalone btw) has a "follow system theme" setting. This is something they do right.

I have astigmatism and the only time this gets problematic is when I don't adjust the brightness accordingly for dark mode.

Oooh! I was orange(ish) text on black a la Wyse but I might change for a bit

Oh man, thank you for that. So many memories!

You might like cool retro term

Without, I'm still watching what's happening in that background window.

That's exactly how I like it. Terminal, white text on black background. Browser, etc in light mode.

A book doesn't actively shine light at you. That being said, all colours are beautiful. Don't shame peoples taste or use-cases.
Default background color should simply change with the dark mode setting.

And I think all programs should follow user theming, regardless of desktop environment, widget set, or anything else. ('Scuse me while I give GTK4 the stinkeye again.) You can never tell whether someone's colour selection is a matter of accessibility rather than just personal preference, so you absolutely should not ignore it. Defaults matter very little as long as you can change them.

why shouldn’t it be the same on a screen?

ooh ooh I know!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMYK_color_model

On paper, you use the subtractive colour model, so the light is reflected off the page, and the text is taking away from what's reflected.
On a screen, you use the additive colour model, so seeing brighter colours means more lights have to be shined directly into your eyes.

If you are finding white/bright text on dark backgrounds difficult to read, adjust your font size settings/thicknesses or check your eyesight out.

astigmatist with shitty glasses here. Make your font bolder or bigger

I do have astigmatism funnily enough

Yeah, stopthemingmy.app feels crazy to me to be coming from the open-source community.

tbh i prefer white on grey or red on yellow tho, white on black is kinda hard to look at for long. black on white is good but many programs these days output very bright coloured text, almost impossible to read on white bg.

iirc black on white is also the default on xterm

This is why we ask respectfully that our applications not be themed.

Ok, just skimmed the page, but if I read it right, your apps are for screenshots, not people. That's a choice, but ok, I wasn't going to use them anyway, judging from the screenshots. May I suggest renaming the site pleasedontusemy.app, for clarity?

(Edit: just to clarify: not addressing you but the creators of the site)

I like to use white on a transparent/glossy color.

Kind of like this (very old pic I know):

Pure black background makes it unreadable for me. When I encountered this on websites, i use the Firefox function to turn it into a black on white background theme, so my eyes don't hurt reading longer text. Same logic applies to the terminal, especially when programming. I think pure black as a background shouldn't be default. However I do actually appreciate darker tones as background, but its never pure black. It depends on the combination of colors for text (and on the rest of the system theme).

I expect more of this kind of nonsense as more and more people come to Linux.

You're not invited to my birthday party anymore

Are there any sickos that use black text on white?

hello!

black text on white with comic sans. lol

Green text on a black background with a background image that makes the terminal window look like it has scan lines.

I first read this as…

Stop them in my app.

And make it #000 pure black if you do… I have written about why

I did the same thing the other day when I saw "winedlloverrides" (for the program Wine if that helps).

I can see comic sans making it more usable

How? It's not even a monospace font

I've got a feeling I've tried bigger, but not bolder. I'll try them both, thanks :)

I can use the terminal in short bursts, but switching to black text on a white background just looks wrong. I might just have to suffer >.<

I'll give that a try, thanks :)

also try thinner and more asymmetrical (dyslexic style) fonts too.