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Colorways is a pretty common word in other areas though, so it's not entirely made up. Colorways is used extensively in the shoe world to describe when new colo
by sbysb 5y ago
Colorways is a pretty common word in other areas though, so it's not entirely made up. Colorways is used extensively in the shoe world to describe when new colors/patterns on an older shoe line drop.
- maccolgan 5y agoWhere are Mozilla getting these people from? Are they hiring marketing people from the fashion industry?
- handrous 5y agoIt's way more jargony than "theme", which has been used for color themes since at least win 3.1 and is fairly well-known in that sense among the general population. Meanwhile, I'd never heard of "color ways" until like 3 years ago, and I'd still not have if I didn't pay (too much) attention to tech and industry news. [EDIT] Oh my god, it's even worse, I read other posts on this thread and just realized that I got it from getting very slightly into shoes, not even from tech news. LOL. Yeah, this is a terrible name.
- klyrs 5y agoFunny thing is, I know enough shoe nerds to parse the phrase "on an older shoe line drop," but this is still the first time I've seen the word. And I know people in more general clothing fashion, and also interior design. Is this a fashion term or is somebody on the naming committee really into shoes?
- PKop 5y agoYes but "themes" is used extensively in the tech world to describe changing the color of user interface patterns. It's sort of odd to use shoe-industry lingo instead of tech-industry lingo when you are a web browser company.
- Talanes 5y agoEspecially since "themes" is lingo with extensive crossover already. Everyone has used some piece of software with themes. Colorways is such a niche lingo that most people outside the niche don't even recognize that it's a word.
- klyrs 5y agoI'm still gonna mention this to my laser nerd friend as an alternative to 'waveguide' next time we chat.