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To: mullvadisen Cc: pgAdmin Support Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f45a5c06345cb5a9" List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk --000000000000f45a5c06345cb5a9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I have added enough details, no worries. On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 5:14=E2=80=AFPM mullvadisen = wrote: > Thank you! Although I hope that they will understand what I meant (and ho= w > crippling they are to me) since you shortened them so much. I fear that > these issues will be ignored or maybe they'll ask for "more details". > On Friday, May 2nd, 2025 at 5:18 AM, Aditya Toshniwal < > aditya.toshniwal@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've raised below tickets for you, please check: > https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8711 > https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8712 > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 8:46=E2=80=AFPM mullvadisen wrote: > >> Like I said, they don't allow registration for me. It doesn't matter how >> many times I try (and I have sure tried, over and over). It's the same f= or >> every major service for the last 10-15 years now. Feel free to post it o= n >> my behalf. >> On Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 at 10:48 AM, Aditya Toshniwal < >> aditya.toshniwal@enterprisedb.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 4:01=E2=80=AFPM mullvadisen >> wrote: >> >>> I'm using pgAdmin 4 on Linux (X11, Plasma, desktop mode, Debian, >>> obtained from pgAdmin's custom APT repository). Naturally, because I va= lue >>> my eyesight and sanity, I use the dark mode. Recently, it has started d= oing >>> something horrible: >>> >>> 1. Every time you open any new "view" inside the application, it flashe= s >>> the screen bright white before rendering the new page. For example if y= ou >>> click the "Query Tool" button. It happens every single time, and was sa= dly >>> not fixed in 9.3 which was just released and which I was hopeful for. T= his >>> drives me insane and it didn't use to happen. >>> >> >> You can create a bug on github. >> >>> >>> 2. The program doesn't respect my system settings to not blink the care= t >>> in text inputs. It keeps blinking even though I've set it to not blink = (be >>> fixed as visible) in the KDE settings. This "animation" makes it imposs= ible >>> for me to use the program; I'm forced to write any query etc. in a sepa= rate >>> Kate text document (where the caret doesn't blink) and then paste it in= to >>> pgAdmin 4, because having the pgAdmin 4 window up and working in it bec= omes >>> impossible due to this "Caret from Hell". >>> >> >> You can create a feature request on github. >> >>> >>> I've looked all over the GUI settings and searched online for some >>> hidden config option to turn this infernal blinking off, but there is j= ust >>> nothing (that I can find after spending countless hours). Please enable >>> this somehow so that people whose brains will never be compatible with >>> stuff moving around or animating on the screen can also use this crucia= l >>> software. It has overall massively improved in recent years, but these = two >>> things sadly really drag it down again. >>> >>> PS: I'm aware that pgAdmin 4 uses Chromium which uses some custom >>> rendering engine from Google, which would maybe explain why it doesn't = care >>> about any of my system settings, but nevertheless they cannot have been >>> sadistic enough to *hardcode* the cursor to blink? Words cannot describ= e >>> how distracting and stressful that is. >>> >>> PS 2: I'm sending this to this e-mail list because you use Github for >>> filing "Issues", and Github doesn't allow account registration ever sin= ce >>> they sold out to Microsoft. (No, I'm not making that up. It's been the = same >>> every single time I've tried over the years. It consistently refuses, l= ike >>> all major websites today.) >>> >> >> I don't think that is the case, people have created so many Github >> accounts after that (including me). Even then if you're not able to crea= te >> one then let us know, we'll create the bug on your behalf. >> >>> >>> I'm not even sure I'll be able to respond to anything here. I might hav= e >>> to passively read any responses through the web archive depending on ho= w >>> many further hurdles there will be to actually posting/sending this... >>> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Aditya Toshniwal >> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com* >> >> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE" >> >> >> > > -- > Thanks, > Aditya Toshniwal > pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com* > > "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE" > > > --=20 Thanks, Aditya Toshniwal pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com* "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE" --000000000000f45a5c06345cb5a9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,

I have added enough details, no worries.
On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 5:14=E2=80=AFPM mullvadisen <mullvadisen@proton.me> wrote:
Thank you! Although I hope that they will understand what= I meant (and how crippling they are to me) since you shortened them so muc= h. I fear that these issues will be ignored or maybe they'll ask for &q= uot;more details".
On Friday, May 2nd, 2025 at 5:18 AM, Aditya Toshniwal <aditya.tosh= niwal@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
On Wed, A= pr 30, 2025 at 8:46=E2=80=AFPM mullvadisen <mullvad= isen@proton.me> wrote:
Like I said, they don'= t allow registration for me. It doesn't matter how many times I try (an= d I have sure tried, over and over). It's the same for every major serv= ice for the last 10-15 years now. Feel free to post it on my behalf.
On Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 at 10:48 AM, Aditya Toshniwal <aditya.toshniwal@enterprisedb.com> wr= ote:
Hi,

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 4= :01=E2=80=AFPM mullvadisen <mullvadisen@proton.me> wrote:
I'm using pgAdmin 4 on Linux (X11, Plasma, desktop mode, Debian, ob= tained from pgAdmin's custom APT repository). Naturally, because I valu= e my eyesight and sanity, I use the dark mode. Recently, it has started doi= ng something horrible:

1. Every time you op= en any new "view" inside the application, it flashes the screen b= right white before rendering the new page. For example if you click the &qu= ot;Query Tool" button. It happens every single time, and was sadly not= fixed in 9.3 which was just released and which I was hopeful for. This dri= ves me insane and it didn't use to happen.

You can create a bug on github.


You can create a feature request on github.




I don't thi= nk that is the case, people have created so many Github accounts after that= (including me). Even then if you're not able to create one then let us= know, we'll create the bug on your behalf.



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Thanks,
Adity= a Toshniwal
pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II= | enterprisedb.com
"Don't Complain about H= eat, Plant a TREE"



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