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Because they are unoriginal followers. If they had any sense of direction they'd be able to build something of their own.
by joshu 16y ago
Because they are unoriginal followers. If they had any sense of direction they'd be able to build something of their own.
- joshu 16y agoOk. I know it's against the rules, but why is this getting voted down? This comment comes from my experience (see above) rather than mere negative opinion.
- rhizome 16y agoOriginality is overrated. Various sites with CSS-only layouts and minimal interfaces are best described as an emergent aesthetic. Expect more like this. There are simply too many people drawing from the historical experiences and examples laid by e.g. Metafilter, Digg, image boards, etc. for it to consititute individual acts of copying. That there are so many whitelabel apps & plugins ready for the implementing only accelerates this evolution.
- joshu 16y agoThere is a big difference between convergent evolution and wholesale copying.
- rhizome 16y agoIt's not convergent evolution when people are copying, but copying doesn't obviate emerging aesthetics. Once upon a time, websites did not all have menu bars across the top, is this a result of despicable copying, or of lots of people simply deciding it was a good idea? Whether or not I think a given UX trope is useful is irrelevant to others choosing so.