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> i'm sorry, i don't understand who is competing or how > this hurts Path. > > all i've seen are people being inspired by Path, saying > as much, then

by jklp 15y ago

> i'm sorry, i don't understand who is competing or how > this hurts Path. > > all i've seen are people being inspired by Path, saying > as much, then cleverly recreating the effect for > themselves. these same people turn around and share > their own code with the rest of the world via blog post > or GitHub. Looking at this from the perspective of Path, who have probably spent a fair amount of time thinking and conceiving the menu widget. Not just in how to implement it, but actually coming up with the idea, creating mock ups / wire frames, iterating on those mock ups, designing the icons, the animations, etc. All this for the sole purpose to give the user experience something new, and also to add a bit of delight to an app which could have easily become "yet another social networking app". Then someone comes along and copied all their hard work (without figuring out the concept, the design, the animation, etc) and (as if to rub salt into the wounds) released it for free for everyone to use. Honestly, if I were Path I'd be rather frustrated that this has happened though as a developer I love the fact that someone has done this and shared their work :)

jasonlotito 15y ago
Wait, you mean to tell me you think this menu idea is unique and original? Oh, it's not seen that often, for sure, but it's not unique or original. It is well worn territory, used in a variety of applications prior to Path. This example might have seen their design and drawn inspiration from it, but they aren't the originators of this.
mamp 15y ago
Radial menus have been around for a while. Path have done it very well though. It would be somewhat unwise to have your whole business model based on a menu animation. I wouldn't have found out about Path without this post, so I imagine that Path are happy about the publicity. It looks like a cool app.
jklp 15y ago
I'm unsure why I was down voted for this. Was it because the down-voter didn't agree with my post (strange reason to down vote), or was it because it didn't contribute to the conversation (which I tried quite hard to do - by balancing both sides of the argument). All I was trying to say was that in the field of UI, it is very hard to innovate though very easy to copy, and I can't help but feel that's what's happened here. Path have made a very sexy looking widget which definitely added that certain something to their application, and someone has copied their hard work and made it free for everyone to use.

by jklp 15y ago

jasonlotito 15y ago

Wait, you mean to tell me you think this menu idea is unique and original? Oh, it's not seen that often, for sure, but it's not unique or original. It is well worn territory, used in a variety of applications prior to Path. This example might have seen their design and drawn inspiration from it, but they aren't the originators of this.

mamp 15y ago

Radial menus have been around for a while. Path have done it very well though. It would be somewhat unwise to have your whole business model based on a menu animation. I wouldn't have found out about Path without this post, so I imagine that Path are happy about the publicity. It looks like a cool app.

jklp 15y ago

I'm unsure why I was down voted for this. Was it because the down-voter didn't agree with my post (strange reason to down vote), or was it because it didn't contribute to the conversation (which I tried quite hard to do - by balancing both sides of the argument). All I was trying to say was that in the field of UI, it is very hard to innovate though very easy to copy, and I can't help but feel that's what's happened here. Path have made a very sexy looking widget which definitely added that certain something to their application, and someone has copied their hard work and made it free for everyone to use.