Post #626385
2026-03-12 02:25 UTC
Replies (13)
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@Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange 2026-03-12 02:33
@beandreams Yeah, yuck
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@mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org 2026-03-12 02:40
@beandreams hm, that cyan is more Chicago/early Win95 vibes for me
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@abmurrow@hachyderm.io 2026-03-12 02:42
@beandreams I mean, if they were willing to start there, why not Hot Dog Stand?
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@kboyd@phpc.social 2026-03-12 03:00
@beandreams Hmmmmm. I thought 3.1 used blue, and XP used teal? It's been a while though. Edit: Drat. I meant 95, not XP. LOL
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@stevegis_ssg@mas.to 2026-03-12 03:05
@beandreams Lol, no one showed them to a colorblind person, apparently. Real grey-on-grey energy over here.
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@brennen@federation.p1k3.com 2026-03-12 03:29
@beandreams this is completely unrelated to your point, but i'm just now learning from that screenshot that there was an alternate desktop shell for windows 3.x that offered multiple desktops. wild.
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@drahardja@sfba.social 2026-03-12 06:49
@beandreams Bleh The “ribbon” theme has been overplayed too
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@domi@donotsta.re 2026-03-12 07:37
@beandreams (win3.1 didn’t come with the teal background. that’s why the screenshot you found is so grotesque. see betawiki for details. AFAICT the first OS to come with the teal background was NT3.1 (1993), and first mainstream one was 95)
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@MamaLake@beige.party 2026-03-12 08:14
@beandreams long covid drains the life out of us, so I think they actually nailed it. Nostalgia of taste from the 90s
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@joergba@mastodon.social 2026-03-12 08:21
@beandreams Vor allem modernes Multitasking ( Windows 3.1 ). "Fortschritt" zu Amiga und Atari ;-)
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@luxliminal@ohai.social 2026-03-12 17:53
@beandreams Honestly the colors are fine to me but I don't dig that font choice or placement of text on the ribbon. Not sure what would be better but not that
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@howtophil@oldbytes.space 2026-03-12 17:57
@beandreams I always changed that background color right away...
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@SymTrkl@anarres.family 2026-03-13 05:22
@beandreams Okay but where's the downside?