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points by kvlx 4 days ago | 0 comments

Can someone give me a use case of where terminal shaders are providing functionality, rather than eye candy? I mean I love my retro crt look, but there has to be a better reason to have shaders on a term

[–] hcal 4 days ago

I use a cursor following shader. It is subtle, but i feel like it draws your eye to where ever the input cursor lands. I train users on a tui application, and it seems to help them as well.

[–] frangonf 3 days ago

The simple cursor trail, I thought it was a gimmick at first but its useful to me for getting oriented between kitty windows, and in the same vein I'm trying out the new `focus-highlight`.

[–] kawsper 4 days ago

It looks cool, and it is accessibility as well as it helps me find the cursor.

People with not perfect eyesight might benefit more from it too.