28 Apr
2008
28 Apr
'08
noon
Hello Allan,
I found this on the net today:
http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/24/how-to-blurminal-your-os-x-terminal/
Its a hack of the terminal via SIMBL giving transparent backgrounds of
Terminal a 'blur effect'.
For a certain degree 'blurring backgrounds' improve usability, instead
of being GUI-toy only.
Also, it would integrate well into GUI changes of OSX that came with
Leopard.
Could something similar be on the roadmap?
BTW: This 'blurring' effect could be accompanied (fo' tha freakanoidz)
by effects like 'invertation of the background', making it B/W or
applying textures to it.
And Im thinking these kinds of effects will be supported by Core
technology, having in mind that you stated TM2.0 will be absolutly
build on core libraries of OSX 10.5 Leopard :0)
Thanks in advance!
Dennis
ps: But I also have in mind that you dont think TM will have its own
background-images, so I consider that you dont put any priority on
these GUI things :0(
28 Apr
28 Apr
12:53 p.m.
If you want usability, use opaque backgrounds, no offence.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Dennis Amrouche <dennis(a)screenlabor.de>
wrote:
Hello Allan,
I found this on the net today:
http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/24/how-to-blurminal-your-os-x-terminal/
Its a hack of the terminal via SIMBL giving transparent backgrounds of
Terminal a 'blur effect'.
For a certain degree 'blurring backgrounds' improve usability, instead of
being GUI-toy only.
Also, it would integrate well into GUI changes of OSX that came with
Leopard.
Could something similar be on the roadmap?
BTW: This 'blurring' effect could be accompanied (fo' tha freakanoidz) by
effects like 'invertation of the background', making it B/W or applying
textures to it.
And Im thinking these kinds of effects will be supported by Core
technology, having in mind that you stated TM2.0 will be absolutly build on
core libraries of OSX 10.5 Leopard :0)
Thanks in advance!
Dennis
ps: But I also have in mind that you dont think TM will have its own
background-images, so I consider that you dont put any priority on these GUI
things :0(
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1:04 p.m.
Am 28.04.2008 um 14:53 schrieb Baluta Cristian:
If you want usability, use opaque backgrounds, no
offence.
also, I didnt speak about usability only, but about UI integration.
Leopard comes with transparent menues, and I like them a lot.
tho, I understand that this is not everybody's darling.
dennis
1:19 p.m.
is just mine. you should wait for the developers and others to see what they
have to say.
i just can't see how a busy background can increase usability.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Dennis Amrouche <dennis(a)screenlabor.de>
wrote:
Am 28.04.2008 um 14:53 schrieb Baluta Cristian:
If you want usability, use opaque backgrounds, no offence.
also, I didnt speak about usability only, but about UI integration.
Leopard comes with transparent menues, and I like them a lot.
tho, I understand that this is not everybody's darling.
dennis
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4:42 p.m.
Baluta Cristian <cristi.baluta@...> writes:
i just can't see how a busy background can increase
usability.
Eye candy is to a desktop what beauty is to a relationship.
To me, the more immersive and 3D looking are the
objects I manipulate on screen, the easier is for me
to forget that I'm handling abstract metaphors.
In a sense, I can use lower levels of my brain to move
stuff around, so that the higher levels are free to think
Piero
6:08 p.m.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Baluta Cristian
<cristi.baluta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If you want usability, use opaque backgrounds, no
offence.
I regularly need a transparent background in my terminal or
text-editor for seeing what is behind and getting information from it-
you just have to have the settings right for getting not disturbed by
it.
And eye-candy is always nice but I like it more flat than 3D ;)
Niels
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Dennis Amrouche <dennis(a)screenlabor.de>
wrote:
Hello Allan,
I found this on the net today:
http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/24/how-to-blurminal-your-os-x-terminal/
Its a hack of the terminal via SIMBL giving transparent backgrounds of
Terminal a
'blur effect'.
For a certain degree 'blurring
backgrounds' improve usability, instead of
being GUI-toy only.
Also, it would integrate well into GUI changes of
OSX that came with
Leopard.
Could something similar be on the roadmap?
BTW: This 'blurring' effect could be accompanied (fo' tha freakanoidz) by
effects like 'invertation of the background', making it B/W or applying
textures to it.
And Im thinking these kinds of effects will be
supported by Core
technology, having in mind that you stated TM2.0 will be
absolutly build on
core libraries of OSX 10.5 Leopard :0)
Thanks in advance!
Dennis
ps: But I also have in mind that you dont think TM will have its own
background-images, so I consider that you dont put any priority on these GUI
things :0(
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29 Apr
29 Apr
1:25 a.m.
On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Niels Kobschaetzki wrote:
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Baluta Cristian
<cristi.baluta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This hits the nail on the head. I like my terminals transparent,
because I often have multiple terminals open sometimes with one
running in the background. If you can see through the top layer, you
get visual feedback when a process completes. But it's inconvenient
to have a semi-transparent background, because then you have text on
text action which is very confusing. If the top layer is transparent
but blurs the background you get the visual feedback with out the
confusing jumble of letters.
Incidentally, it's kind of funny that you found blurminal via this
tutorial. In fact, Ciarán Walsh (who is rather active round here)
wrote this plugin after my request in ##textmate. Here is his
original post on the matter: http://ciaranwal.sh/2007/11/16/blurminal
If you want usability, use opaque backgrounds, no
offence.
I regularly need a transparent background in my terminal or
text-editor for seeing what is behind and getting information from it-
you just have to have the settings right for getting not disturbed by
it. 
8:33 a.m.
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As Textmate is a Cocoa-App, why don't you use afloat 2[1]
for that task? Fear of SIMBL?
I use it regularily, but it has some issues with spaces. (floating
windows dont show in the spaces view)
Regards,
Florian Gilcher
[1] http://infinite-labs.net/afloat/
On Apr 29, 2008, at 3:25 AM, Alex Ross wrote:
On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Niels Kobschaetzki wrote:
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Baluta Cristian
<cristi.baluta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This hits the nail on the head. I like my terminals transparent,
because I often have multiple terminals open sometimes with one
running in the background. If you can see through the top layer,
you get visual feedback when a process completes. But it's
inconvenient to have a semi-transparent background, because then you
have text on text action which is very confusing. If the top layer
is transparent but blurs the background you get the visual feedback
with out the confusing jumble of letters.
Incidentally, it's kind of funny that you found blurminal via this
tutorial. In fact, Ciarán Walsh (who is rather active round here)
wrote this plugin after my request in ##textmate. Here is his
original post on the matter: http://ciaranwal.sh/2007/11/16/blurminal
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11:04 a.m.
Am Di, 29.04.2008, 10:33, schrieb Florian Gilcher:
why don't you use afloat 2[1]
for that task? Fear of SIMBL?
nope, not afraid of SIMBL here.
The hack I wrote about in my original post comes via SIMBL, do you remember?
:0)
... it has some issues with spaces. (floating
windows dont show in the spaces view)
doesnt sound quite healthy, but I have to try out, so thanks for the link.
(I use spaces a lot to switch via shortcut between fullscreens enabled
with megazoomer for coding/imaging/test-browsing/communication tasks).
greetz
dennis
11:11 a.m.
Am Di, 29.04.2008, 03:25, schrieb Alex Ross:
On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Niels Kobschaetzki wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Baluta Cristian
> <cristi.baluta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> If you want usability, use opaque backgrounds, no offence.
>
> I regularly need a transparent background in my terminal or
> text-editor for seeing what is behind and getting information from it.
This hits the nail on the head.
peepz please ... consider me speaking of/suggesting these things clearly
as options, so everybody is still at his own free will, kindness and
manner using them or not.
Incidentally, it's kind of funny that you found
blurminal via this
tutorial. In fact, Ciarán Walsh (who is rather active round here)
wrote this plugin after my request in ##textmate. Here is his
original post on the matter: http://ciaranwal.sh/2007/11/16/blurminal
I knew I should have known this name from somewhere :0)
Thanks, and yes ... funny :0)
sincere
dennis
7:16 p.m.
Dennis Amrouche wrote:
Its a hack of the terminal via SIMBL giving
transparent backgrounds of
Terminal a 'blur effect'.
For a certain degree 'blurring backgrounds' improve usability, instead
of being GUI-toy only.
Also, it would integrate well into GUI changes of OSX that came with
Leopard.
Could something similar be on the roadmap?
I certainly hope that neither developer time, nor interface complexity,
are expended on such a pointless “feature”.
-Jacob
30 Apr
30 Apr
12:09 p.m.
Am Di, 29.04.2008, 21:16, schrieb Jacob Rus:
I certainly hope that neither developer time, nor
interface complexity,
are expended on such a pointless 'feature'.
Hey, it's about personal preference, not religion :0)
If you upgraded to Leopard, you will certainly have noticed that menues
this time are transparent and blur their backgrounds.
Some people (not only a minority) likes eyecandy. That could be 'point'
enough. And I dont want to pretend usability arguments on this, as they
are more 'valuable' in other terms and concerns.
But truely a blur effect could improve transparent backgrounds, which are
offered in Textmate already.
mmmhhh ... at this point, I guess the discussion has come to its end ...
otherwise its getting just ~~~pointless :-/
Dennis
4 May
4 May
5:47 a.m.
On Apr 29, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Jacob Rus wrote:
Dennis Amrouche wrote:
I certainly hope that both my development time and interface enjoyment
are expanded when such a lovely feature is added. ;)
Hopefully added as a plugin though.
Ciaran, we're looking at you!
-Tom
Its a hack of the terminal via SIMBL giving
transparent backgrounds
of Terminal a 'blur effect'.
For a certain degree 'blurring backgrounds' improve usability,
instead of being GUI-toy only.
Also, it would integrate well into GUI changes of OSX that came
with Leopard.
Could something similar be on the roadmap?
I certainly hope that neither developer time, nor interface
complexity, are expended on such a pointless “feature”.
-Jacob
12:19 p.m.
Am 04.05.2008 um 07:47 schrieb Thomas Aylott - subtleGradient:
On Apr 29, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Jacob Rus wrote:
thanks and cheers!
meanwhile, I felt a bit lonley on this planet!
Dennis Amrouche wrote:
I certainly hope that both my development time and interface
enjoyment are expanded when such a lovely feature is added. ;) Its a hack of the terminal via SIMBL giving
transparent
backgrounds of Terminal a 'blur effect'.
For a certain degree 'blurring backgrounds' improve usability,
instead of being GUI-toy only.
Also, it would integrate well into GUI changes of OSX that came
with Leopard.
Could something similar be on the roadmap?
I certainly hope that neither developer time, nor interface
complexity, are expended on such a pointless “feature”.
-Jacob Hopefully added as a plugin though.
yepp, optional features - plugged in or nativley integrated - are so
great for everybody.
Dennis
2:24 p.m.
On 4 May 2008, at 06:47, Thomas Aylott - subtleGradient wrote:
Ciaran, we're looking at you!
http://ciaranwal.sh/files/BlurMate.tmplugin.zip
2:42 p.m.
nice :)
Am 04.05.2008 um 16:24 schrieb Ciarán Walsh:
On 4 May 2008, at 06:47, Thomas Aylott - subtleGradient wrote:
Ciaran, we're looking at you!
http://ciaranwal.sh/files/BlurMate.tmplugin.zip
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5 May
5 May
7:45 a.m.
On May 4, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Ciarán Walsh wrote:
On 4 May 2008, at 06:47, Thomas Aylott -
subtleGradient wrote:
Carp! If I'd known it was that easy to get you to do my evil bidding I
would have asked for so much more. ;)
Thanks!
Ciaran, we're looking at you!
http://ciaranwal.sh/files/BlurMate.tmplugin.zip 
6 May
6 May
2:04 a.m.
Hi!
I love the Blur effect in Terminal, but I can't get this plugin to
work. I've installed it by double-clicking and restarting TextMate,
then setting a transparent background, but it doesn't seem to be
working. I also tried using a "defaults write..." command, but no luck
there either.
Thanks in advance,
itp
On May 4, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Ciarán Walsh wrote:
On 4 May 2008, at 06:47, Thomas Aylott - subtleGradient wrote:
Ciaran, we're looking at you!
http://ciaranwal.sh/files/BlurMate.tmplugin.zip
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8:32 a.m.
Am Di, 6.05.2008, 04:04, schrieb Ian Potter:
I've installed it by double-clicking and
restarting TextMate,
then setting a transparent background, but it doesn't seem to be
working. I also tried using a "defaults write..." command, but no luck
there either.
Hi Ian,
I had background transparency already active when I installed the plugin.
Could this make a difference?
After restarting TM the blurring was immediately there.
BTW: Thanks a lot, Ciarán, for the plugin!
sincere
dennis
10 May
10 May
5:36 p.m.
Hello Ciarán,
your plugin for blurring TM's background rocks and is useful indeed.
I can now have - if I have to - several windows of TM with semi-opaque
BGs opened without being disturbed when they overlap.
this is also preventing any hastle with minimizing and re-opening
windows from the dock wich could certainly become a pain in the a$$.
cool!
dennis
6:29 p.m.
On 6 May 2008, at 03:04, Ian Potter wrote:
Hi!
I love the Blur effect in Terminal, but I can't get this plugin to
work. I've installed it by double-clicking and restarting TextMate,
then setting a transparent background
That should be all that’s necessary
I also tried using a "defaults write..."
command, but no luck there
either.
What did you do?
Thanks in advance,
itp
On May 4, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Ciarán Walsh wrote:
On 4 May 2008, at 06:47, Thomas Aylott - subtleGradient wrote:
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11 May
1:59 a.m.
On May 10, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Ciarán Walsh wrote:
On 6 May 2008, at 03:04, Ian Potter wrote:
It started working mysteriously. I think I had to set a transparency
and restart after that.
As for the "defaults write..." command I tried, it was
defaults write com.macromates.Textmate 'Blurmate Radius' -float 1.0
since that is close to what worked for the Blurminal plugin. I have no
idea if that had any effect or not.
Thanks!
itp
Hi!
I love the Blur effect in Terminal, but I can't get this plugin to
work. I've installed it by double-clicking and restarting TextMate,
then setting a transparent background
That should be all that’s necessary
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