Re:How to Choose Colors for Your CLI Applications (2023)
by skydhash on Thursday January 29, 2026 @10:54AM
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> People who use white themed terminals are psychopaths anyway
Dark background is hell for anyone with astigmatism. Itβs fine with 80x24 (vga text mode), but for anything higher feels like light needles on the retina. With astigmatism everything that is bright and small is duplicated, which means small characters is very difficult to read.
Dark background is hell for anyone with astigmatism. Itβs fine with 80x24 (vga text mode), but for anything higher feels like light needles on the retina. With astigmatism everything that is bright and small is duplicated, which means small characters is very difficult to read.