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		anthk on Feb 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Make Linux look like Windows 95 I hated gradients on Windows. They looked as if the "stepped out" from the GUI. They broke the "3D layering" illusion.

zozbot234 on Feb 26, 2022 [–]

Gradients would have looked bad with 8-bit color, which was still very much in use in the 1990s. Solid color was the reasonable choice back then.

theandrewbailey on Feb 26, 2022 | [–]

Windows 98 didn't allow gradients on 256 color (8-bit) modes. You had to use at least high color (16-bit). (Win 95 didn't have gradients.)

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