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Several years ago I was working on an interface and we were using SVGs for some graphics. We had two color schemes but one of the graphics was only in one of th

Several years ago I was working on an interface and we were using SVGs for some graphics. We had two color schemes but one of the graphics was only in one of them, so I walk across the hall to get the hex codes for the other color. The design guy was blown away when we popped open the svg file and simply find-and-replaced all the colors to get the second color.

thakoppno 3y ago
Cool story but would you elaborate on this part? > walk across the hall to get the hex codes for the other color
- peebeebee 3y ago
  it was the location of the cabinet of hex-codes. all neatly sorted alphabetically.
- kevindamm 3y ago
  ah, the classic sneakernet
- sircastor 3y ago
  Sorry - that wasn't clear. Across the hall were our Design folks. They had the appropriate colors (in hex) that I needed.
  - thakoppno 3y ago
    Thanks for clarification. What’s messing with me is that you seemed to have a computer that drew hex colors. Also, you knew the hex value you wanted. Kinda hate second guessing your actions from the 20th century but why did you walk?
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    - sircastor 3y ago
      This would have been early 2014 (I think). If you want to see the interface in question, it's this one: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d3b5b43984f43c68608886dc7235dc0b-1200-80.jpg.webp https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d3b5b43984f43c68608886dc72... There was a green version as well. I don't really remember why I didn't have a green graphic that I could pull the correct values from. I just recall going across the hall to talk about a Green version of the graphic and with the designer we changed the value in the SVG code instead of Illustrator (Or whatever program he was using.) As for "Why walk across the hall?", there are times when going to someone's desk to discuss a situation is faster and more effective than an email or a chat.
mandmandam 3y ago
That... never occurred to me. Cool tip that actually might save me a lot of time some day.

thakoppno 3y ago

Cool story but would you elaborate on this part? > walk across the hall to get the hex codes for the other color

peebeebee 3y ago
it was the location of the cabinet of hex-codes. all neatly sorted alphabetically.
kevindamm 3y ago
ah, the classic sneakernet
sircastor 3y ago
Sorry - that wasn't clear. Across the hall were our Design folks. They had the appropriate colors (in hex) that I needed.
- thakoppno 3y ago
  Thanks for clarification. What’s messing with me is that you seemed to have a computer that drew hex colors. Also, you knew the hex value you wanted. Kinda hate second guessing your actions from the 20th century but why did you walk?
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - sircastor 3y ago
    This would have been early 2014 (I think). If you want to see the interface in question, it's this one: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d3b5b43984f43c68608886dc7235dc0b-1200-80.jpg.webp https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d3b5b43984f43c68608886dc72... There was a green version as well. I don't really remember why I didn't have a green graphic that I could pull the correct values from. I just recall going across the hall to talk about a Green version of the graphic and with the designer we changed the value in the SVG code instead of Illustrator (Or whatever program he was using.) As for "Why walk across the hall?", there are times when going to someone's desk to discuss a situation is faster and more effective than an email or a chat.

mandmandam 3y ago

That... never occurred to me. Cool tip that actually might save me a lot of time some day.