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Justin (koavf)🌻🍉🇪🇭🌿@lemmy.mlM to Color@lemmy.ml · 5 months 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

Justin (koavf)🌻🍉🇪🇭🌿@lemmy.mlM to Color@lemmy.ml · 5 months ago
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Setting the record straight, 33 years later.
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    And that someone was me.

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