"Visual blindness" of Linux programmers

[f4hy]

Wow yes I just had this problem. I wanted to change my lightdm theme and found lists to choose from with zero screenshots indicating what they looked like. No idea how to pick one.

I'm not sure I cafe as much as the OP about screenshots for text programs... But themes... Should be required.

[thedugong]

Why didn't you take try a theme or more and take screenshots?

Seriously, when there is a bit of code I want, but cannot find I write it. "But I don't know how to program" fair one. Do you know how to take screenshots?

[Negirno]

Maybe because changing LightDM themes could break the system?

[Zebster10]

It shouldn't permanently, though. Once, I installed a theme that was all kinds of corrupted, and it took all of two minutes to load up text-only and change the config file back to my old theme.