Graphics. They're network transparent, and take over the terminal.
Terminal apps were obsolete once we had invented the pixel. Unix just provides no good way to write one that can be used remotely.
A network-transparent graphics protocol? Who would ever think of such a thing?
Unix just provides no good way to write one that can be used remotely
well that's the issue, isn't it?
the graphics options that we have are slow and complex, and they don't solve the problems like a terminal and therefore the terminal persist.