Timeline for Why do people post screenshots of their terminals?
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| Mar 13, 2014 at 3:33 | comment | added | Aditya | @Mateo: OMG!! He is pretty bad with screenshots... Nux, please don't do that, you are abusing the ability to upload images... | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 20:49 | comment | added | Mateo | @Aditya He has quite a history of posting terminal screenshots, some seem ok like when he explains the command then shows the results, but others... - askubuntu.com/a/410929/47291 , askubuntu.com/a/429102/47291 , askubuntu.com/a/428040/47291 , askubuntu.com/a/413707/47291 , maybe if we themed code blocks - you could choose a terminal or editor theme? | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 18:24 | vote | accept | terdon | ||
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:53 | comment | added | terdon | @Oli as I said to Aditya, many people still have slow internet connections so I would tend to avoid images unless necessary. In any case, I cheerfully admit that that particular post was borderline and I would not take offense (not that I would otherwise) if my edit is rolled back. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:53 | comment | added | Aditya | @terdon: I take all your points and even agree with it, but it is something which is a matter of preference and something which shouldn't be imposed as policy in case of illustrations. Regarding that suggested edit you linked - you know my answer - the edit was essential in that situation and using images shouldn't be condoned :) | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:49 | history | edited | OliMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:48 | comment | added | terdon | @Aditya the commands were there yes, and it is an excellent answer also. However point 3 still stands and points 4 and 5 are still relevant, why not make the output accessible to everybody? Anyway, that was not an egregious example I agree, it just happened to be the one that triggered the question. For a more clear cut case see Why was my suggested edit rejected? | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:48 | comment | added | Oli Mod | I'd agree. The images were used as illustrations, not instructions. That's fine. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:45 | comment | added | Aditya | @terdon: The post you edited looks fine to me with images. The commands to run was provided as text within the post. Only the processing and output of the command is shown as images. It's a thing of preference, but was okay as it was - I could live with it. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:38 | comment | added | Aditya | @Oli One should flag Low quality posts if one cannot think of an edit himself; but flagging to indicate that terminal commands/output is only shown as a screenshot seems wrong to me - one can easily fix that himself. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:33 | comment | added | Oli Mod | @Aditya Depends how bad it is. People flag for epic low quality on other types of post, why not when there's a screenshot? | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:32 | comment | added | terdon | @Aditya agreed, I just transcribed the images to text in the post that triggered my question. I think Oli's main point is that no, this is not preferred. I have the rep to edit so I did so, I guess he meant flag if you don't have the rep. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:28 | comment | added | Aditya | Flag? Why? When users already have the ability to edit/suggest edits to post why should it be flagged. Flagging should be discouraged in such situations, otherwise, get ready to start handling my daily 100 flag limit from this time onwards ;-) | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:20 | comment | added | terdon | OK, thanks. The post that triggered this question was made by a mod which is why I thought that images might be encouraged. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:19 | history | answered | OliMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |