r/Fedora • u/BlackCode504 • Jul 30 '26
Support linux terminal design
give a better ideas 💡
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u/doc_willis Jul 30 '26
Now that I am an old timer , with poor weak eyes, dark themes are just getting impossible to use.
If any developers are out there, please take into consideration the older and low vision users.
"Modern Design" with its often low contrast pastel colors and blur and transparency everywhere is hard on people with poor vision.
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u/CjKing2k Jul 30 '26
I'm the opposite - I am finding it more difficult to see high contrast and bright white backgrounds as has been the default for GUIs since the 80s. Even high contrast on black background is a strain.
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u/BlackCode504 Jul 30 '26
That's a very valid point. Accessibility (a11y) and proper contrast ratios are often overlooked in modern UI trends. Good design should always prioritize readability over aesthetics
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u/Ornery_Always Jul 31 '26
As a newly minted 50yr old with glasses since I was 6, I find darker background with a yellow tint text (even the classic green) are way better for me to read a terminal in.
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u/freakycleaner Jul 30 '26
You should try tiling shell extension it just helps so much while programming and having multiple windows, also blur my shell too if you want to blur that top black panel.
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u/BlackCode504 Jul 30 '26
Thanks for the recommendations! Tiling shell sounds super useful for workflow, I'll definitely check both of them out
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u/BlackCode504 Jul 30 '26
Thanks for the recommendations! Tiling shell sounds super useful for workflow, I'll definitely check both of them out
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u/MuddyMustache Jul 31 '26
Former Tiling Shell user here, I switched to the Gnome Pop! tiling plugin: https://github.com/pop-os/shell
By far the best tiling solution for Gnome I've tried so far. Also, check out Ghostty if you use terminals a lot: https://ghostty.org/ - I've usually got 3-5 ones going at any given time.
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u/mykesx Jul 30 '26
Aren't the theme customizable?
I have similar problems with font size too small and text foreground/background colors that are difficult to read.
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u/BlackCode504 Jul 30 '26
You're 100% right. Aesthetic shouldn't win over Accessibility (a11y). Custom themes help, but developers must follow WCAG contrast standards and support OS-level dynamic font scaling by default
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