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Though there is something wrong with directly copying UI elements with just a text change - that should be completely frowned upon and called out imho. Other t
by elliottcarlson 16y ago
Though there is something wrong with directly copying UI elements with just a text change - that should be completely frowned upon and called out imho.
Other than that - competition is good, and imitation should be seen as you are doing something good, now just make sure you can keep up or do it better consistently unless you want your competition to take over the market share.
- kragen 16y ago> Though there is something wrong with directly copying UI elements with just a text change - that should be completely frowned upon and called out imho. Almost all of my examples could be accurately described that way in their first version. Maybe not Windows 1.0, not Facebook, and I think not Wordpress, and there may have been a couple of other exceptions. MercadoLibre still looks exactly like eBay to me.
- elliottcarlson 16y agoThat's because it's eBay's Latin American partner and eBay has a 19.5% ownership interest in MercadoLibre - not to mention eBay sold off iBazar to MercadoLibre in that process.
- kragen 16y agoNo, that's not why. It looked like that from the beginning, long before eBay bought into them.