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Reminds me of my one devious professional hack. Back in the 1990s I supported a website whose users were all in our local business group. It was mostly html ta
by blendo 3y ago
Reminds me of my one devious professional hack.
Back in the 1990s I supported a website whose users were all in our local business group. It was mostly html tables, with black text on a jarringly bright yellow background.
Asked my users if I could change it to something more subdued. All said “good idea” except for one adamantly stubborn person who threatened much commotion if anything changed.
So, every week or two I slightly tweaked the background color such that each week’s change wasn’t really noticeable.
After 6 months the brightness was exactly where I wanted it to be, and the stubborn user was none the wiser.
- anoopelias 3y agoReminds me of boiling frog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog