cm0002@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 17 hours agoWindows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the true storywww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkWindows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the true storywww.pcgamer.comcm0002@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·15 hours agoGarish yes, but it was great for color-blind people.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-213 hours ago If you read the comments to Atwood’s article, you’ll see some speculation that it’s actually great if you’re color blind, and then you’ll see that speculation debunked. Here we see this scene from the story performed live on Lemmy.
minus-squareFlying_Dutch_Rudder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 hours agoAs a color blind person, it’s not.
minus-squareAlbbi@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoAs a colour blind person, I’m pretty sure I used this for a while.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 hours agoAh, my sympathies then.
minus-squarewagesj45@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 hours agoI dunno, I think some of these look pretty good. (via https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/)
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours agoI used the black and white one in college. My laptop screen was only black and white. It also had a clip-on trackball as a mouse.
Garish yes, but it was great for color-blind people.
Here we see this scene from the story performed live on Lemmy.
As a color blind person, it’s not.
As a colour blind person, I’m pretty sure I used this for a while.
Ah, my sympathies then.
I dunno, I think some of these look pretty good. (via https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/)
I used the black and white one in college.
My laptop screen was only black and white.
It also had a clip-on trackball as a mouse.