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Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2017–2024), in 4 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Default blue file colours are hard to read on black terminalsUnreviewed
20172026- Dark-blue directory names on black console are extremely hard to read2024-04-24
- Default directory colors are so dark that some entries are almost unreadable2022-02-27
- Default blue file colors are hard to read on black-background terminals2018-02-07
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 4 complaints
- Dark-blue directory names on black console are extremely hard to read2024-04-24
- Default directory colors are so dark that some entries are almost unreadable2022-02-27
- Default blue file colors are hard to read on black-background terminals2018-02-07
- Hard-to-see colors, such as red on black, are difficult to read in terminal output2017-08-04