minus-squareT3CHT @sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.ml•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 storylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day 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." linkfedilink
minus-squareT3CHT @sh.itjust.workstoWorld News@lemmy.world•Hero bystander named after tackling Bondi Beach shooterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 days agoThe hero we need. Too bad we do. linkfedilink
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."