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Uchū – Color palette for internet lovers

(uchu.style)
681 points NetOpWibby | 8 comments | 16 Feb 25 22:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.458s | source | bottom

Hey everyone,

About a year ago I embarked on creating a color scheme for a project and I loved it so much I began using it for everything. I decided to make an official repo for it to share with the world.

Anyhoo, hope y'all enjoy it.

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theandrewbailey ◴[17 Feb 25 00:31 UTC] No.43073413[source]▶
If you design a webpage that looks like an app loading screen, and have to put the word "SCROLL" at the bottom, I think that's a design failure, for the same/similar reasons that "click here" links are.
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1. rendaw ◴[17 Feb 25 02:04 UTC] No.43074148[source]▶
Are scrollbars to indicate scrollable content a design failure too? The site seems great to me, and I don't have issue with the explicit indicator.
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2. RHSeeger ◴[17 Feb 25 02:14 UTC] No.43074211[source]▶
Sadly, Firefox doesn't show the scrollbar by default. Stupid decision imo, but here we are.
3. atlintots ◴[17 Feb 25 02:24 UTC] No.43074300[source]▶
What? That makes no sense -- scrollbars are there so you can drag them around and scroll, not just to indicate scrollable content. Not at all analogous in this case. The site looks nice overall, but the explicit indicator is bad design regardless.
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4. hatthew ◴[17 Feb 25 02:28 UTC] No.43074333[source]▶
In UX terms, the page above the fold doesn't afford scrolling. With a blank white background and nothing to help the eyes explore, it can take a bit to notice the scrollbar, especially if one's browser/OS doesn't have an obvious scrollbar style.
5. ◴[17 Feb 25 02:42 UTC] No.43074433[source]▶
6. theandrewbailey ◴[17 Feb 25 02:59 UTC] No.43074565[source]▶
Any scrollbar would be nice, but I'd like to introduce you to mobile browsers that hide scrollbars by default.
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7. int_19h ◴[17 Feb 25 06:28 UTC] No.43075865[source]▶
Most desktops do that too, these days, and only display them on hover.
8. int_19h ◴[17 Feb 25 06:29 UTC] No.43075869[source]▶
Historically, at least, that is exactly what the scrollbar indicates, which is why it is either not shown at all, or shown disabled (i.e. visually distinct) if content is not scrollable.