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'Colourways' is a fairly standard term to describe different colour options on various different product types. Mozilla haven't made this up for themselves. 'T
by detritus 5y ago
'Colourways' is a fairly standard term to describe different colour options on various different product types. Mozilla haven't made this up for themselves.
'Theme', to me, suggests ye olde browser customisation wherein you could have animated gifs of Homer Simpson barking D'OH as your 'Home' button, &c. I'm assuming that's not the case here?
- 542458 5y agoYeah, these are “colorways” in the manufacturing sense - they don’t change layout, patterns, etc, only swap out what colors are present. I’ve tried them out, they’re nice. You pick a (curated) colour, and choose nether you want a dark/light/mixed theme based on it. It’s not the most complex feature ever, but it’s well done.
- account42 5y agoIt's a completely nonstandard term to descripe color schemes for UI themes. That the word is used in an unrelated industry is irrelevant.
- detritus 5y agoFor you, perhaps - I've come across it a lot in similar contexts and all the people who upvoted my comment seem to disagree with you too. I'm not saying I like it necessarily, but it's quite clear what it means in context and language does have a tendency to evolve despite our best efforts. shrug
- Turing_Machine 5y ago> 'Colourways' is a fairly standard term Not in software it isn't. It appears to be a marketing term, just as I said.