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Do like Lotus Notes did and have it update a row of literal hieroglyphics on every keystroke.

This made me think, it seems like there used to be a lot more whimsy in computing. I'd love to see more of that.

Whimsy, and character.

Used to be that everything was trying to look different. Now it seems like everything is trying to look the same.

1) It definitely feels like we're out of Cambrian explosion period of experimentation

2) It's amazing the amount of (pseudo-) nostalgia that millenials, gen-Z and younger have for 90s-2010s computer aesthetic. The Amazing Digital Circus comes to mind for example

On the contrary, this discussion is how there was no character when you were typing your sudo password in in the olde times, and now there is a full asterisk per every password symbol you put in!

I would absolutely install this.

While I support this for the humour factor, it does make it much easier for a shoulder surfer to count characters, for whatever that's worth.