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The site doesn't explain--what's the actual point of this? If we are seriously concerned about characters (which is generally silly in a gzipped CSS) why not ju
by dudeinjapan 3mo ago
The site doesn't explain--what's the actual point of this? If we are seriously concerned about characters (which is generally silly in a gzipped CSS) why not just use 3-char hex like #a5c?
- humbugtheman 3mo agoauthor here. the site does explain that
- dudeinjapan 3mo ago> Splash colours can help you avoid decision paralysis when picking colours. It's an emotional tool that stops you fussing around— trying to pick the "perfect" colour. OK I missed this. The intro paragraph explains "what" not "why". As this "why" is not immediately obvious (nor is something I've ever considered a "problem"), would suggest to put something short in the intro.
- humbugtheman 3mo agowould suggest you read the article
- Sharlin 3mo agoAvoiding analysis paralysis, making it more intuitive to manually write colors. But yeah, there doesn't seem to be any advantage over the well-established #ABC format than decimal digits being easier to non-techies.
- justinator 3mo agoThe point is to prove that one xkcd comic
- mock-possum 3mo agoNo, TFA does very deliberately and openly explain what the goal/justification is: > Splash colours can help you avoid decision paralysis when picking colours. It's an emotional tool that stops you fussing around— trying to pick the "perfect" colour … It also means the user can deal with discrete / individual colour values in the drag-and-drop user interface. They don't have to deal with large numbers at all. Only one to nine
- qubex 3mo agoAh so let’s avoid analysis paralysis by having only black, as Ford famously ruled for the Model T. Of course that’s a reductio ad absurdum, but it’s also completely arbitrary to maintain that fewer options is better. The opposite is also equally arbitrary.
- humbugtheman 3mo agoauthor here. you can do more and you can do less yes