bigBananas

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[–] bigBananas@beehaw.org 1 points 7 hours ago

Please read again or comment on where I'm not clear. I'm trying to express about the exact opposite, I don't really care that much about how visually pleasing it is, I care about how usable it is. That usability is largely defined by contrast, largely because I'm don't have the eyes of a 7 year old.

[–] bigBananas@beehaw.org 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's not, it's I hate the default options presented and the last time I had to the motivation to really do something about it, I had attention span X so I ended up with Y which is better but not by much.

[–] bigBananas@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That does look kind of like my current setup. KDE has changed more than I was aware, will have to look deeper..

Edit: I totally forgot XP had the colorful theme by default, I guess my setup is 2000-inspired..

[–] bigBananas@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, unfortunately my pc's bones stem from 2008 (building a new one has been on my todo list for..I don't know...8 years?) so VMs aren't really an option, installing something on another partition is faster.

I do still have my own openbox config somewhere that's also beautiful, imo, but not very productive. Never looked at sway or cosmic and didn't realize KDE changed as much as it did.

 

Don't get me wrong, the average X-interface looks great. Some are absolutely stunning. But, in my opinion usability has gone down the toilet. Almost everything that should be a clear distinction is displayed in shades of the same color, including icons.

I'm now running an XP-inspired theme on cinnamon so I at least have some functionality (e.g. title bar in a different color, buttons with clear borders, etc). I wish I wouldn't need to, to have a productive interface. I wish for something beautiful and productive.

Seeing screenshots of someones Aero-inspired Steam-mockup inspired me to make this post. I found it attractive while I hated Aero when it came out and never used it (it was around the time I switched to Linux). Is there any theme/window manager/setup I should be looking at that I obviously haven't?

[–] bigBananas@beehaw.org 9 points 4 months ago

Not the log you flush?

[–] bigBananas@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

These in-ear things never worked for me either until they started making custom hearing protection with removable filters which are compatible with most in-ear headphones. And the best thing is that you don't need active noise canceling (depending on the openness of the headphones) because the thing is made to cancel noise. Downside is that they usually amplify bass much more than regular tips so you need to use an EQ.

Btw, it's possible to get some custom in-ear headphones where everything, including the tip, is one piece of plastic, which is supposed to sound fantastic, if you're willing to spend a ridiculous amount of money.

[–] bigBananas@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://dirkvanderkooij.nl/chubby

Chubby is possible but not without designing your own process/machines