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apparently you haven't discovered color yet

i think color would only distract from your Content

August 29, 2025 at 7:53:11 PM

one day, people are going to remake this open source and in color

It’s been tried. https://www.gnustep.org/

that's the joke, yes.

@joe @dysfun That's what Jobs said about the first NeXTstep machines, no one needed color.

@artelse @dysfun tbh i liked the macintosh approach up to System 6, where apps could use color but all the system widgets remained black and white