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>but it bothered me enough to mostly put an end to our appetite for large scale aesthetic redesigns. But how do we know a different color might not save lives?
by savanaly 3y ago
>but it bothered me enough to mostly put an end to our appetite for large scale aesthetic redesigns.
But how do we know a different color might not save lives? Only half joking.
- qup 3y agoSure, like shouldn't we try all the colors? What if yellow cures everyone?
- dehrmann 3y agoDon't think Amazon hasn't tried every shade of orange that's plausibly on-brand.
- JimtheCoder 3y agoThe answer is obvious - Rainbow color scheme. Everything is cured and everyone is happy.
- salawat 3y agoYellow is garbage. Nothing good ever came of yellow. If anything is going to cure, it's indigo.
- jtxt 3y agoYeah, I remember noticing Google doing A/B tests on the color of links. A/B test everything! Few may die-- more may live in the long run. (If that's what you're trying to optimize.)
- carlmr 3y agoIf there is a better color then it's guaranteed to save lives in the long run.
- oefnak 3y agoNot if AI kills us all before the test is finished.
- Loic 3y agoThe "famously" tested 41 shades of blue in the 2000's, again a couple of years ago[0] and I am sure they test this again some times to times. [0]: https://goodui.org/leaks/google-has-been-a-b-testing-link-colors-again-and-this-light-blue-didnt-pass/ https://goodui.org/leaks/google-has-been-a-b-testing-link-co...
- notmypenguin 3y agoMcDonalds famously uses yellow to get people to eat and leave in a hurry. Lavender and violet are universally calming in humans. I don’t have the links handy, but color psychology doesn’t vary much by individuals, it’s something somewhat hard wired.
- duffpkg 3y agoFirst do no harm