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Aesthetics-wise this looks very heavily "inspired" by https://bvckup2.com https://bvckup2.com. The UI is basically a 1-to-1 copy of an older version: https://

by eps 6y ago

Aesthetics-wise this looks very heavily "inspired" by https://bvckup2.com https://bvckup2.com. The UI is basically a 1-to-1 copy of an older version: https://blobbackup.com/images/logs.png https://blobbackup.com/images/logs.png http://bvckup.com/img/shot-6.png http://bvckup.com/img/shot-6.png "Good artists create, great artists copy", but that's a bit too close for comfort.

SahAssar 6y ago
IMO that UI is simple and generic enough that it wouldn't be impossible for them to have come to it independently.
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TacoSteemers 6y ago
I see that they are almost the same, but my version would probably end up looking the same if I were to independently write a GUI for backups. Similar to how desktop word processors and browsers all look the same; some patterns just make sense for a specific type of software.
- huhtenberg 6y ago
  It is surprisingly hard to come up with a simple and concise UI even if it may seem all too trivial in retrospect. Given that this one uses secondary control labels that are verbatim of Bvckup's, has the same layout and opening screen, and nearly identical look and feel, this is certainly not an independent effort.
  - TacoSteemers 6y ago
    I do agree that there is a difference between 'similar' and 'nearly identical', and these seem nearly identical.
bimbashrestha 6y ago
Yeah full disclaimer. I started working on it before I saw bvckup2 and then at some point came across it and then could not unsee it design wise so you're right. Some things are very heavily inspired off their awesome design. Outside of the main window though, lots of other things are quite different and completely independently arrived at. Bvckup2 doesn't have third party storage support so everything else requires a fundamentally different UI to work in BlobBackup. Look at the settings windows and the menus for example.

by eps 6y ago

SahAssar 6y ago

IMO that UI is simple and generic enough that it wouldn't be impossible for them to have come to it independently.

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TacoSteemers 6y ago

I see that they are almost the same, but my version would probably end up looking the same if I were to independently write a GUI for backups. Similar to how desktop word processors and browsers all look the same; some patterns just make sense for a specific type of software.

huhtenberg 6y ago
It is surprisingly hard to come up with a simple and concise UI even if it may seem all too trivial in retrospect. Given that this one uses secondary control labels that are verbatim of Bvckup's, has the same layout and opening screen, and nearly identical look and feel, this is certainly not an independent effort.
- TacoSteemers 6y ago
  I do agree that there is a difference between 'similar' and 'nearly identical', and these seem nearly identical.

bimbashrestha 6y ago

Yeah full disclaimer. I started working on it before I saw bvckup2 and then at some point came across it and then could not unsee it design wise so you're right. Some things are very heavily inspired off their awesome design. Outside of the main window though, lots of other things are quite different and completely independently arrived at. Bvckup2 doesn't have third party storage support so everything else requires a fundamentally different UI to work in BlobBackup. Look at the settings windows and the menus for example.