On: Hard numbers in the Wayland vs. X11 input latency ...

[goalieca]

I found low latency terminals make a big improvement to even simple tasks like typing.

[XorNot → goalieca]

I was pretty shocked by the eyestrain difference I felt going from 30hz to 60hz with a 4K monitor while only doing coding tasks (i.e. text and mouse, no real graphics or animations).

[askonomm → XorNot]

I recently went from 60 to 144, also on a 4k (27") monitor, and to me too it has been a very noticeable upgrade. No tearing of any kind when dragging windows around, and scrolling feels buttery smooth.

[daef → goalieca]

what would you count as low latency terminal?

[layer8 → daef]

See https://beuke.org/terminal-latency/. Single-digit milliseconds I’d say. These numbers are minus the keyboard and display latency.

[chupasaurus → layer8]

Some of those include display latency (e.g. Konsole) because you can't throw lazy rendering out of some terminals.

[rustc → layer8]

Has anyone run this test on Ghostty?

[_emacsomancer_ → rustc]

I get a "Cannot detect the reference pattern" error when I try with Ghostty with Typometer.

[daef → layer8]

thanks!