Posts Tagged ‘Apple’
GiovanniStyle, high readability for your Terminal.app
Posted by Giovanni Intini | Filed under Random Stuff
Soon after Leopard came out I read an article on Slashdot about color contrast. There was a comment that struck me that explained how there were two types of contrast and that you had to maximize both the achieve maximum readabilty. That comment suggested light yellow on dark blue as the best color scheme for terminals.
I made some experimentations with Terminal.app and was pleasantly surprised the commenter was right. I added Consolas to the mix to get the best possible Terminal experience.
After a while my friends and coworkers started to notice my terminal and kept asking me for my .terminal file. Soon after that even customers started asking for it, so I did what the cool guys do and put it on GitHub.
You can find it here: http://github.com/intinig/giovanni_style/tree/master
Let me know what you think 
Update: here’s a screenshot of the default style and GiovanniStyle side by side. It doesn’t do it any justice, so please try it and remember you have to have Consolas installed.
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Posted by Giovanni Intini | Filed under Apple
I’m not a person who likes writing about his new toys, but I couldn’t refrain from writing this post, so excuse me in advance if I sound like the proverbial child who got a new toy.
Yesterday I bought a new Apple Wireless Keyboard and I can say without a doubt that this is the best keyboard I ever owned (and I owned a lot of keyboards, even one of the giant IBM clicky ones.
When evaluating whether or not the €79,00 where a fair price I considered the following selling points:
- stunning design, and for me this is really important
- small size, it allows me to type faster and unclutters my desktop
- wireless, so I can put my laptop closed somewhere on the desktop and still work with the keyboard
They were enough for me and still I missed the most important point: the feel. Typing on this little baby is easy because the keys offer just enough resistance to the touch that you know what you’re doing and yet your fingers don’t strain too much.
I totally suggest to anyone even remotely interested in buying one to rush to the nearest reseller. A+