Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

angry fruit salad
     
         A bad visual-interface design that uses too many
        colours.  (This term derives, of course, from the bizarre
        day-glo colours found in canned fruit salad).  Too often one
        sees similar effects from interface designers using colour
        window systems such as {X}; there is a tendency to create
        displays that are flashy and attention-getting but
        uncomfortable for long-term use.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1995-11-24)