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  • Cris@lemm.eetoJerboa@lemmy.mlhotlink bug?
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    2 months ago

    The thing that makes it ugly (a lack of consistent geometry and inconsistent line weights) is exactly what makes it harder for someone’s brain to swap or misinterpret letters. I love pretty fonts and pretty UI, but if I had to pick between a pretty UI and being able to read, it’s not exactly a hard choice. Gimme the ugly thing that helps my brain actually read 🤷‍♂️















  • I kinda thought this conversation would eventually happen. I have mixed feelings on the subject but am generally inclined not to use the term myself as I find it distasteful. But I think there’s an important consideration for those who’d like to discontinue the term rice in this community: what language would we like to use instead? Specifically a good noun for referring to a given setup we’ve made. In therapy they teach you that stopping a behavior is a very hard thing to accomplish, and that instead you should always try to replace a behavior- I believe that idea is very relevant here

    I’d be curious to hear people’s thoughts on what they’d like to use instead





  • Cris@lemm.eetoF-Droid@lemmy.mlObtainium
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    1 year ago

    A lot of folks are using Openboard from f-droid which is no longer maintained, but there’s a fork here that’s still being developed, and has added some new features like theming.

    To my mind its currently the best FOSS keyboard app, though that may change once florisboard eventually gets typing recommendations/auto correct implemented


  • Unix is a specific operating system, and there are a lot of operating systems based on it or derived from it (Linux, MacOS, BSD, and both Android and ChromeOS which are based on the linux kernel)

    Here’s a handy link to the Wikipedia page for unix. You may find the intro & history sections more useful than the stuff about what Unix is from a technical perspective, or how it works.

    This may be sacrilege, but I don’t mind seeing someone’s Windows customizations here, though its not what the community is intended for