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Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by batista » Sat, Feb 11, 2012, 1:20 AM UTC

ralphleon wrote: post #7

It's a neat toy, but is pretty much useless for real work when compared to apple's built-in terminal. Seems to not correctly support PS1s, at least in the case of zsh. I'd be surprised by anyone that would actually pay $10 for this, seems like $1 would be a better price point for a toy app.

How many actual toys (that cost like $1 to produce) cost lots more than $10, and you wouldn't think twice about buying them? How much is a Barbie Doll nowadays?

Bitching about $10 reminds me of this Oatmeal strip: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/apps

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by dfc » Sat, Feb 11, 2012, 1:31 AM UTC

ralphleon wrote: post #7

It's a neat toy, but is pretty much useless for real work when compared to apple's built-in terminal. Seems to not correctly support PS1s, at least in the case of zsh. I'd be surprised by anyone that would actually pay $10 for this, seems like $1 would be a better price point for a toy app.

You just used "real work" in the same sentence as "osx built in terminal"? Has Apple made a lot of fixes to terminal recently?

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by bonch » Sat, Feb 11, 2012, 1:50 AM UTC

Happy that the developer got it on the app store. There was some question about how sandboxing would affect it as a terminal app.

It's a pretty fun app, especially when running fullscreen on Lion. Very customizable. You get your money's worth.

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by whateverer » Sat, Feb 11, 2012, 1:58 AM UTC

batista wrote: post #21

ralphleon wrote: post #7

It's a neat toy, but is pretty much useless for real work when compared to apple's built-in terminal. Seems to not correctly support PS1s, at least in the case of zsh. I'd be surprised by anyone that would actually pay $10 for this, seems like $1 would be a better price point for a toy app.

How many actual toys (that cost like $1 to produce) cost lots more than $10, and you wouldn't think twice about buying them? How much is a Barbie Doll nowadays? Bitching about $10 reminds me of this Oatmeal strip: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/apps

Well, all it's saying is that people feel queasy about spending on Desktop Environment decor.

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by bonch » Sat, Feb 11, 2012, 2:00 AM UTC

scott_s wrote: post #9

Cute, but it emulates the warping that I hated in CRTs. I used to waste too much time tweaking my CRT monitors to find the minimal amount of distortion possible. I love modern screens because of this.

The special effects are heavily customizable. You can create your own themes and mix-and-match as many screens and visual effects as you want.

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by tuananh » Sat, Feb 11, 2012, 2:06 AM UTC

batista wrote: post #18

laconian wrote: post #6

$10? It might be a fun trick to show off to friends, but I am sure as hell not doing any serious work in that. iTerm2 'till I die!

A fun trick? Are you kidding me? I've never spend money that fast before (I had bought it before it got in the App Store). Cathode is awesome, especially if, like me, you have ever worked in such an environment (VT100 etc). I even dropped iTerm 2 and use Cathode all day long. Something about the blast-from-the-past feel makes me more productive and feel like an ol' hacker. Only wish it had tabs.

no tabs !! REALLY !?

You care to explain how awesome it is?

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by pjscott » Sat, Feb 11, 2012, 2:11 AM UTC

dfc wrote: post #22

ralphleon wrote: post #7

It's a neat toy, but is pretty much useless for real work when compared to apple's built-in terminal. Seems to not correctly support PS1s, at least in the case of zsh. I'd be surprised by anyone that would actually pay $10 for this, seems like $1 would be a better price point for a toy app.

You just used "real work" in the same sentence as "osx built in terminal"? Has Apple made a lot of fixes to terminal recently?

To elaborate on this: iTerm2 is much better than Terminal.app, and free. It seems to be the default thing that everybody recommends, and for good reason.

http://www.iterm2.com/