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cm0002@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month ago

Windows 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 story

www.pcgamer.com

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Windows 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 story

www.pcgamer.com

cm0002@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month ago
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Setting the record straight, 33 years later.
  • Flying_Dutch_Rudder@lemmy.world
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    As a color blind person, it’s not.

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      Ah, my sympathies then.

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        I dunno, I think some of these look pretty good. (via https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/)

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          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.

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      As a colour blind person, I’m pretty sure I used this for a while.

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