3 ms·
Don't miss the video of Steve saying "We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas . . . " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU http://www.yo
by aresant 17y ago
Don't miss the video of Steve saying "We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas . . . "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU
- staunch 17y agoPlaying devil's advocate. He could be saying that they're shameless in stealing ideas from different fields, like the examples he gives: music, art, zoology, history. Copying the sleek lines of a panther's eyes for your icons is one thing, blatantly cloning a competitor's UI is another. This may be why he can reconcile suing HTC while practicing the "great artists steal" mantra.
- aresant 17y agoThat's a good point. On the other hand, the legend that Steve lifted the Xerox PARC UI persists -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_interface http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_i... and
- marilyn 17y agoThe movie The Pirates of Silicon Valley does a pretty good job of telling this story.
- bad_user 17y agoProject Looking Glass, while certainly inspired by current UIs, it was definitely not a clone ... pretty innovative actually, although it wasn't usable yet. You can take a look at a demo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXv8VlpoK_g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXv8VlpoK_g