Here's a greatly entertaining talk about the whacky history of the bizarre naming of colors in CSS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmStJQzclHc
Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
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Re: Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
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It's always the smiley face that takes a comment from idiosyncratic but potentially earnest to condescending and passive-aggressive.
Is that really how people are perceiving smiley faces nowadays? I make rather extensive use of smiley faces and smiling emoji and I would hate for them to be received in that manner, rather than what I intend, which is an authentic smile.
See? :)
Re: Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
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A good IDE will show a color preview https://code.visualstudio.com/assets/docs/languages/css/colo...
Awesome if you're in your office on your usual work computer. Not great if you're in the field trying to make quick fixes on whatever terminal a client provides.
I doubt many web developers will ever find themselves "on the field" with someone else's computer and no web browser to work with.
Re: Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's always the smiley face that takes a comment from idiosyncratic but potentially earnest to condescending and passive-aggressive.
Is that really how people are perceiving smiley faces nowadays? I make rather extensive use of smiley faces and smiling emoji and I would hate for them to be received in that manner, rather than what I intend, which is an authentic smile.
> Is that really how people are perceiving smiley faces nowadays?
No. In this case there’s nothing earnest about the smiley face, which is why it makes the comment seem rude. Just like a genuine smile is different to Dolores Umbridge’s smile.
Re: Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's always the smiley face that takes a comment from idiosyncratic but potentially earnest to condescending and passive-aggressive.
Is that really how people are perceiving smiley faces nowadays? I make rather extensive use of smiley faces and smiling emoji and I would hate for them to be received in that manner, rather than what I intend, which is an authentic smile.
Some people will find malice whenever possible, even in smiling.
I read the comment as an attempt to redirect the person from begging to helping, in as nice a way as possible.
But if someone has a bone to pick with people who are rude about suggestions, they're going to read ill intent into the whole message, smiley or otherwise.
Re: Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
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I prefer to use named colors in my own CSS layouts. "lightsalmon" is more descriptive to me than "#FFA07A" or "rgb(255, 160, 122)" or "hsl(17, 100%, 73.9%)" at a glance.
It's more descriptive, but usually you design UIs for the user, not for the developer writing the CSS
Sorry I don't understand your comment?
This thread is about developers writing CSS...
Re: Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
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> "lightsalmon" is more descriptive to me than "#FFA07A" or "rgb(255, 160, 122)" While I agree, I feel that learning to look at "#FFA07A" and immediately grok "pink" has been of general benefit to me as a frontend dev. > or "hsl(17, 100%, 73.9%)" at a glance I must admit though that I haven't mastered identifying hue by number just yet (though if I do, it will be even better as Saturation and Lightness/Luminosity are…
I always found hex codes non-intuitive, but the hue values are easy once you just remember: 0 = red 120 = green 240 = blue Then you just interpolate as desired, so yellow is 60, orange is 30, red-orange is 15. And really all you need to remember is red = 0 (lowest energy wavelength) and the three RGB primaries are spread evenly around the 360° color wheel, therefore 0, 120, 240.
If you're good at knowing how colors mix, RGB values are also very intuitive, since they're literally in RGB order and the the closer to FF it is, the more of that color is in it.
But I hadn't spent the time to look at hue values, so your chart helped me get better at them.
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#158My version: https://bengtan.com/css-named-colours-picker/
Re: Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
A good IDE will show a color preview https://code.visualstudio.com/assets/docs/languages/css/colo...
Awesome if you're in your office on your usual work computer. Not great if you're in the field trying to make quick fixes on whatever terminal a client provides.
Is there any tool that you can rely on if you're "in the field" on "whatever terminal a client provides?"
Re: Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way
#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's always the smiley face that takes a comment from idiosyncratic but potentially earnest to condescending and passive-aggressive.
Is that really how people are perceiving smiley faces nowadays? I make rather extensive use of smiley faces and smiling emoji and I would hate for them to be received in that manner, rather than what I intend, which is an authentic smile.
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