Why is the terminal input so weird?

Post by karmakaze » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 11:01 PM UTC

KronisLV wrote: post #27

danny_warp wrote: post #16

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> The business plan is to create collaborative and cloud-based features that businesses will be willing to pay for. You know what, that is fair. I know a lot of folks take an issue with software that is monetized and many are jumpy about software that might rugpull them and lock certain features behind a paywall some time down the line, or look into more aggressive forms of monetization, but at the same time a lot of…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 11:05 PM UTC

waynecochran wrote: post #112

shric wrote: post #94

Dark pattern #1: Allowing the user to download the app and only then requiring the user to login/signup. This is because you know very well almost nobody will bother to try your terminal if you make it clear you require a login up front. But if they've gone to the trouble of downloading it, dragging it to Applications and running it, then maybe they'll go all the way. Dark pattern #2: On sign-up, you "agree to our te…

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Post by eointierney » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 11:05 PM UTC

Post by robterrell » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 11:08 PM UTC

ksherlock wrote: post #90

Let me mention MPW - The Macintosh Programmer's Workshop for classic MacOS. The shell was a text editor, just like the text editor for editing code. When you hit enter (or command-return) it evaluated the current line or selection. Command results were included in the document. (This was strictly a dumb terminal so there were no vt100 escape codes or such to mess up the display) If you were confused about the command…

Post by coldtea » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 11:11 PM UTC

danny_warp wrote: post #16

smoldesu wrote: post #3

As much as I'd like to encourage the rethinking of input methods, any terminal with a "Pricing" page is an instant nope from me. My current terminal is Open Source and while it's not perfect, it's also Free. That matters more to me than mouse input or IDE autosuggestions. If you're going to treat Linux users as a second-class citizen and charge for corporate usage, who are you hoping your target audience will be? Fra…

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