Message #63

From: ibutton77 <ibutton77@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Hola :)
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 01:00:21 -0000

Okie I’ve thrown it in the files section, along with a short disclaimer :)

What type of criteria did the patent folks lay down, if any? I’ll take
another poke at the thing and see what happy mediums can be found. :)

— In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com, Melinda Green <melinda@s…> wrote:
> welcome jeff!
>
> it was by intent that the default colors are very unlike the
original 3D
> puzzle. that’s because we once got a cease-and-desist letter from
the IP
> lawyers of the patent owner demanding that we take down the site. i
> managed to talk them into leaving us alone by changing the name, text,
> and other stuff. in their documentation they’d sent me, several pages
> related to the particular colors they’d used, so i immediately changed
> the colors to be as clearly different from their puzzle as possible but
> still creating enough contrast to still be useful. you can very likely
> come up with a better set of colors with these restrictions than i did,
> and if so, i’ll happily use them. note that an "optimal" scheme would
> also take into account differences in monitors as well as the more
> common forms of color blindness and also work to avoid problems for
that
> segment of potential users.
>
> another thing that suddenly occurred to me is that it’d be great if you
> upload your color file to the "files" area of the group which may make
> it easier for members to use.
>
> thanks jeff,
> -melinda
>
> ibutton77 wrote:
>
> > Hello, I am Jesse Thompson, proud to join your prestigious group
:) I
> > haven’t solved the cube yet but I’m working on it.
> > I promised myself I wouldn’t post anything until I had something to
> > contribute, but then I realized I had this small thing I could offer:
> > I made a spiffy rgb file *yay* ;)
> > 0 0 1
> > 1 0 0
> > 0 .8 1
> > 1 1 1
> > 1 1 0
> > 1 0 1
> > .9 .6 0
> > 0 .8 0
> >
> > .3 .3 .3
> >
> > It should provide a little better contrast than the stock rgb file,
> > and with one exception (purple-cyan) it is a plus-yellow tesseract,
> > like the origional european rubick’s cubes. :)
> > Not to impune the makers of the origional rgb file, but I just
> > couldn’t deal with 3 shades or purple and no red anywhere in sight ;)
> >
> > Wish me luck on the solving goodness! :)
> >
> > - - Jesse