"allow the user to change colors where possible." – Microsoft, 1990s
"hey guys i have this AWESOME idea what if we had DARK MODE where you could make the interface DARK instead of LIGHT??? this is a totally new thing that never existed before" – some tech bro, 2017 pic.twitter.com/b5TRlNxkTy
— Tube Time (@TubeTimeUS) October 7, 2020
In my experience, and I have been working with computers (formally and informally) for almost 40 years now, every 10-12 years some tech “genius” invents something that already existed before, but has been forgotten by the newer generation.
This seems in no danger of stopping. It’s odd to observe how predictably it keeps repeating, though.