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But Compiz Fusion wasn’t all about impractical visual effects: wobbly windows was seriously useful, and rather popular, perhaps the one thing that people would leave enabled after playing with all the fun ridiculous stuff for a bit.
How was wobbly windows useful?
It warmed my soul. It's the only thing I really miss since switching to i3.
Note that older software was designed to be run on a screen like this. E.g. game dev artists took advantage of the technology quirks to make their titles look better. Source: https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/167804/did-retro...
I have set it up, and the appearance is similar.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
But Compiz Fusion wasn’t all about impractical visual effects: wobbly windows was seriously useful, and rather popular, perhaps the one thing that people would leave enabled after playing with all the fun ridiculous stuff for a bit.
How was wobbly windows useful?
Seriously, so useful for floating window managers, it’s a simple and obvious form of transition, significantly better than what window managers have ended up at these days (if anything).
(Then I switched to i3, and more recently Sway. Not sure I’d appreciate wobbly windows in tiling window managers, though maybe with gaps (… which I’ve never understood the appeal of) it might be better.)
I like this terminal and have used it frequently, but it should be noted that it is a fantasy representation of how these old displays actually looked. You may be able to tone down a lot of the settings but you still wont be able to achieve that similar of a look to original displays. The monochrome displays of the time had quite clear quality. I have an Apple ii monitor from the early 80s on my desk, and the similar…
For those unfamiliar with CRTs, you could adjust the value of some components. These adjustments could affect things like the beam brightness, sharpness of the picture, horizontal and vertical synchronization, and geometry of the screen. Typically this was done via user accessible knobs on the front or back of the monitor, though some were only accessible after opening the case. Adjusting these knobs is better described as calibration, rather than changing settings, since you were adjusting the physical properties of components that directly altered analog signals.
It's been a while since I've checked this program out, so this morning I downloaded it and spent some time taming some of the more extreme effects and fooling around with fonts. Pretty happy with the results! I think I got it looking pretty great[0] in GNU Emacs and Org-mode. Admittedly the Unicode private use area icon sets look a little bit out of place in a retro terminal, so let's just call it futuristic retro te…
It's been a while since I've checked this program out, so this morning I downloaded it and spent some time taming some of the more extreme effects and fooling around with fonts. Pretty happy with the results! I think I got it looking pretty great[0] in GNU Emacs and Org-mode. Admittedly the Unicode private use area icon sets look a little bit out of place in a retro terminal, so let's just call it futuristic retro te…
Looks great. Share your settings!
Burnin: Off
Static Noise: 8%
Jitter: 18%
Glow Line: 1%
Screen Curvature: 10%
Ambient Light: 42%
Flickering: 12%
Horizontal Sync: 15%
RGB Sync: Off
Font: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono
Font: #0ccc68
Background: #000000
Brightness: 59%
Contrast: 72%
Margin: 78%
Frame size: 39%
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How was wobbly windows useful?
When you have things that move or resize windows instantaneously, e.g. snapping to one side of the screen, the wobble in the windows was a transition , one that helped you keep track of elements rather than everything just… changing . Seriously, so useful for floating window managers, it’s a simple and obvious form of transition, significantly better than what window managers have ended up at these days (if anything)…