The Windows 3.1 Hot Dog Stand theme has been called the world’s worst theme, “the ugliest, most abhorrent, most terrifying pile of mismatchery that we have ever had the misfortune to behold.”
Where did this theme come from?
Buried in the comments of Jeff Attwood’s tribute to the Windows 3.1 “Hot Dog Stand” color scheme is a comment:
I’ve actually met the lady who designed Hot Dog for Microsoft. She presented a great seminar on UI design at a UK VB conference (about 1997). She claimed that Hot Dog was a challenge from the Windows 3.1 team to come up with the worst scheme possible.
I don’t know who PJ14 is, and I don’t know whether this story is true. Just sharing it, and you can decide how credible it sounds.
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