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cm0002 to Color@lemmy.cafeEnglish · 21 days 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 to Color@lemmy.cafeEnglish · 21 days ago
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Setting the record straight, 33 years later.
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    I used it for a time.

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      21 days ago

      Masochist. It hurt my eyes when I was a young adult - I can’t imagine looking at that monstrosity today with these old eyes.

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