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It's actually not so easy to pick a speaking name for each color, since many colors are used in different OSs. I tried to use neutral and standard color names w
by vlowrian 2mo ago
It's actually not so easy to pick a speaking name for each color, since many colors are used in different OSs. I tried to use neutral and standard color names were they exist. Things like Windows Classic blue are probably always description-slop, though.
Another user suggested to use media quotes etc. on OSs, which I think is actually a pretty good idea. I might swap the LLM generated placeholders for something like that.
- echoangle 2mo agoWhy do you even need the text? Just show the color, year and the name of the OS.
- vlowrian 2mo agoIn many cases, there is some additional information I want to add, like which themes the colors were used as background color in, or which palette they come from if there are several different. I also discovered a lot about the different OSs while researching the colors and I think it's a nice nod towards the museum character of the site to add fun/nerd facts when I stumble upon them. But true, in many cases there is no need for text - I just removed the tagline which didn't add anything useful.
- rideontime 1mo agoUnderstandable, and "Windows Classic blue" might not be useless if it had a function - let the user filter down to the OSes that shared a given color, so that the reason for it being named such is more clear.
- vlowrian 1mo agoYou can see all OSs using the same color on the details page. It's the "known uses" box below the preview. Click on "View all x palettes" to see the full list. Is that what you meant?