Thursday, 3 August 2017

Microsoft is killing Teal

quote [ The Windows Console's colors are getting their first overhaul in more than 20 years! Hurray! The default color values have been changed to improve legibility of darker colors on modern screens, and to give the Console a more modern look & feel. ]

Unless something is done to stop them, Teal (aka DARK_CYAN) — originally RGB(0,128,128) — will be changed to a light Blue-de-France-esque garbage color — RGB(58,150,221). Write your congressman before it's too late!

Original vs. New:

(Compare with Blue de France, the closest named blue to the new one.)

More about Teal.

You can blame intern Craig Loewen for this fiasco!

The dream of the '90s has died.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+4 Informative]
[by Ankylosaur@6:15amGMT]

Comments

cb361 said[1] @ 8:07am GMT on 3rd Aug [Score:1 Underrated]
When I first used Windows, Windows For Workgroups as it was then, I spent a long time experiencing all the different colours, screen savers and screen saver options. I tried different speeds for the starfield screen saver. I had different pieces of 3d text fly around my screen.

Then a version came with a free Weezer video. I didn't get around to watching that though.

Those were simpler times.
arrowhen said @ 8:12am GMT on 3rd Aug [Score:1 Funny]
Good. Fuck teal. Teal is an ugly color invented in the 90s for no other reason than for ugly 90s things to have an ugly color to be. Pretty much like mauve was in the 80s.

That blue is shit too, though.
HoZay said @ 6:30am GMT on 3rd Aug
Those bastards!
Bruceski said @ 8:17am GMT on 3rd Aug
Replace teal with turquoise.
Ankylosaur said @ 8:32am GMT on 3rd Aug
And Clippy with Kokopelli.
lilmookieesquire said @ 5:36pm GMT on 3rd Aug
I think branding wise they should have gone with New Teal

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