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I have just compared the “gross” bubble from the article with my “real” bubble. Made a screenshot of both and used the ios color picker. “Gross”: #7EC170 Real
by nrvn 4y ago
I have just compared the “gross” bubble from the article with my “real” bubble. Made a screenshot of both and used the ios color picker.
“Gross”: #7EC170
Real from the bottom of the message reel: #65C466
Real from the top: #73E173
No issues with contrast in either case. Also keep in mind that those color hexes will slightly vary depending on where exactly you decide to pick since bubbles are filled with gradients.
Not sure where author gets his bubble from but in real life they look as “good” bubbles at the bottom of the screen that makes me think the article itself is gross.
- simonh 4y agoI'm not so sure, I just looked at some chats in iMessage, both to other iPhones and Android phones, and there's no doubt to me that the blue bubbles give much better contrast and readability, even comparing only messages at the bottom of the screen.
- somedude895 4y agoYeah seems really far-fetched. The whole idea that Apple did the green bubbles with the purpose of branding kids with Android phones as poor as some way of bullying them into getting an iPhone is borderline conspiracy theorist, possibly stemming from some anti-capitalist sentiment. It's kids being kids and seems like an exclusively US thing.
- abracadaniel 4y agoIt’s worth pointing out that text message bubbles were always green from the first iPhone as well. Coloring iMessages as blue was done so you knew whether you were getting billed for that text or not.