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Las Vegas effect

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Etymology

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An allusion to the bright lights of the buildings and casinos in Las Vegas.

Proper noun

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the Las Vegas effect

  1. (graphical user interface) The distracting overuse of colour in a user interface.
    Synonym: angry fruit salad
    • 1994, Theo Mandel, Windows vs. OS/2, the GUI-OOUI War, Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN, page 109:
      This helps make a user interface seem somehow friendlier and easier to use. However, this "Las Vegas" effect, as I discussed in Chapter 1, can actually distract users from their tasks.