cm0002@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months 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-up1110arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1110arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·2 months agoGarish yes, but it was great for color-blind people.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-22 months 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-up11·2 months agoAs a color blind person, it’s not.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoAh, my sympathies then.
minus-squarewagesj45@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months 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-up6·2 months 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.
minus-squareAlbbi@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAs a colour blind person, I’m pretty sure I used this for a while.
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.
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.
As a colour blind person, I’m pretty sure I used this for a while.