> the restriction to paletted images makes everything look bad
Not with 16 million colors. That's what 24 bit color mean (2^16) also called "truecolor" mode
> Also, changing the font size breaks the images.
Not on mintty. I can change the font size up and down, it even resizes the sixels in proportion so the images remain aligned to the text in a pixel-perfect way.
It's a terminal problem. You are using bad terminals. I grant you that xterm is the least worst option on linux, but do yourself a favor and try mintty on Windows.
> Also, the protocol is still terrible on bandwidth
Are you using telnet on remote hosts? Unless you do that, with ssh, compression means I can stream video (!!!) just like on local hosts (where bandwith is not an issue)
> It may even make things worse for me if apps are trying to use it when I don't want it.
In the future, sixel-tmux will intercept sixels live and rewrite them into other format, like iTerm or kitty.
How is that making things harder for you?
If you really don't want sixel even if your terminal supports them, use the appropriate terminfo and you will see nothing.
> seriously flawed
You have yet to tell me the flaws in your own words, flaws that are not due to a given terminal.
Try to use sixel to play videos in mintty, with 24 bit support so palettes aren't a problem. Then try tweaking the font size (why not!), notice how it remains a perfect user experience, then we'll talk again.
For now, all I see is FUD.
Not with 16 million colors. That's what 24 bit color mean (2^16) also called "truecolor" mode
> Also, changing the font size breaks the images.
Not on mintty. I can change the font size up and down, it even resizes the sixels in proportion so the images remain aligned to the text in a pixel-perfect way.
It's a terminal problem. You are using bad terminals. I grant you that xterm is the least worst option on linux, but do yourself a favor and try mintty on Windows.
> Also, the protocol is still terrible on bandwidth
Are you using telnet on remote hosts? Unless you do that, with ssh, compression means I can stream video (!!!) just like on local hosts (where bandwith is not an issue)
> It may even make things worse for me if apps are trying to use it when I don't want it.
In the future, sixel-tmux will intercept sixels live and rewrite them into other format, like iTerm or kitty.
How is that making things harder for you?
If you really don't want sixel even if your terminal supports them, use the appropriate terminfo and you will see nothing.
> seriously flawed
You have yet to tell me the flaws in your own words, flaws that are not due to a given terminal.
Try to use sixel to play videos in mintty, with 24 bit support so palettes aren't a problem. Then try tweaking the font size (why not!), notice how it remains a perfect user experience, then we'll talk again.
For now, all I see is FUD.