Comment on 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

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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• Flying_Dutch_Rudder@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  As a color blind person, it’s not.

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  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ah, my sympathies then.

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    • wagesj45@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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      • The_v@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        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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  • albbi@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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