BaggySpandex@lemmy.world to Voyager@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoI hate to sound like a "Reddit Holdover", but is anyone else confused by the swap of downvote/upvote colors?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down151file-text
arrow-up1375arrow-down1message-squareI hate to sound like a "Reddit Holdover", but is anyone else confused by the swap of downvote/upvote colors?BaggySpandex@lemmy.world to Voyager@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
Maybe there’s a logical reason behind it, but I always fear I’ve accidentally downvoted someone when I haven’t.
minus-squarerandomaccount43543@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down3·2 years agoYes! Why are the colors swapped?
minus-squareciko22i3@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up118arrow-down1·2 years agoblue/green for good and red/orange for bad is kinda universal. Reddit had orange for upvote because it’s their theme color.
minus-squarepushka@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up54arrow-down1·2 years agokbin.social has (green-up) (red-down) which makes even more sense, hehehe
minus-squarepgetsos@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up55·2 years agoWhich makes it bad for colorblind users like me unfortunately. Red/Orange/Green combined with blue is much better in that regard
minus-squarepushka@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoThis user-script changes upvote to blue ~ (down is red) (can install with tamper-monkey/ grease-monkey / violent-monkey / etc. https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/471304-kbin-social-make-upvote-blue-down-is-red-for-colorblind-accessibility https://i.imgur.com/w6IwaYJ.png
minus-squareTheFermentalist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down7·2 years agoLemmy has the same orange up/ blue down combination as reddit
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 years agoIts been blue up, orange down on most of the instances I’ve spent time on
minus-squareMenachem@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoit is on lemm.ee too, idk why they said that
minus-squareuhauljoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoi was gonna say, i’m using memmy mostly and my upvote is orange, downvote is blue
Yes! Why are the colors swapped?
blue/green for good and red/orange for bad is kinda universal. Reddit had orange for upvote because it’s their theme color.
kbin.social has (green-up) (red-down) which makes even more sense, hehehe
Which makes it bad for colorblind users like me unfortunately. Red/Orange/Green combined with blue is much better in that regard
This user-script changes upvote to blue ~ (down is red)
(can install with tamper-monkey/ grease-monkey / violent-monkey / etc.
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/471304-kbin-social-make-upvote-blue-down-is-red-for-colorblind-accessibility
https://i.imgur.com/w6IwaYJ.png
Lemmy has the same orange up/ blue down combination as reddit
Its been blue up, orange down on most of the instances I’ve spent time on
it is on lemm.ee too, idk why they said that
probably connect app
i was gonna say, i’m using memmy mostly and my upvote is orange, downvote is blue
Most apps, yeah