☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days 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-square3fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down11
arrow-up124arrow-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.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareT3CHT @sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI remember, surprisingly, wondering wtf. "It was just a garish choice, in case somebody out there liked ugly bright red and yellow. The ‘Fluorescent’ theme was also pretty ugly, but it didn’t have a catchy name, so I’ve never heard anything about it."
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoi’m starting to think that i was the only one who liked it. lol it was so bright that it made the office were i used it a little bit more cheerful to me.
I remember, surprisingly, wondering wtf. "It was just a garish choice, in case somebody out there liked ugly bright red and yellow.
The ‘Fluorescent’ theme was also pretty ugly, but it didn’t have a catchy name, so I’ve never heard anything about it."
i’m starting to think that i was the only one who liked it. lol
it was so bright that it made the office were i used it a little bit more cheerful to me.