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Looks like this came with a homepage redesign as well: http://github.com http://github.com If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Drew Houston ought t

by wilfra 14y ago

Looks like this came with a homepage redesign as well: http://github.com http://github.com If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Drew Houston ought to be feeling great right about now.

bgentry 14y ago
Can you explain on why you think the new Github homepage imitates Dropbox's homepage? They both look pretty standard to me.
- wilfra 14y ago
  -Very similar logotype -Signup form on the right, with huge signup button -Tons of whitespace w/ 'floating' elements -Footer styled very similar -Same location on the page and method of promoting their paid product -etc
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  - mimiflynn 14y ago
    Looks pretty twitter bootstrap like, if you ask me. I feel that a lot of designs are ending up like this due to bootstrap influence, which, might be influenced by dropbox for all I know.
    - markdotto 14y ago
      I wrote all the styles for Bootstrap and refactored GitHub's forms and buttons a few months ago for a similar approach. Not 100% the same, but definitely close. All those styles are tested thoroughly within Bootstrap and made it super easy to update and standardize our styles, while at the same time dropping mad duplicate code. The overall homepage though I think looks nothing like Bootstrap's docs, if that's what you're implying. Also, Bootstrap, and GitHub, was not influenced by Dropbox. We just iterated on that stuff internally in a pull request and shipped when we were happy with it.
      - mimiflynn 14y ago
        I wasn't implying that it looks like Bootstrap's docs, I was saying that it looks influenced by the conventions Bootstrap conforms to, which, makes sense from your first paragraph. Either way, I don't think it matters. It looks good and clean.
      - wilfra 14y ago
        Slipped my mind that you went to Github. Definitely looks a lot like Bootstrap as well. Though if it wasn't inspired by Dropbox, there are nevertheless some strong similarities. Namely the signup form, footer and the call to action for the paid product. I can see developers not understanding what I mean, but surely a designer must! Not trying to be critical by the way. I'm a huge fan of every company/framework/person etc mentioned here. I'm just really interested in the form, function and messaging of homepages.
  - dubcanada 14y ago
    lol?? Are you being serious? Besides the fact they both have a signup form on the right the websites look nothing alike.
jlogsdon 14y ago
They redid the homepage a while back. December 2012: https://github.com/blog/1355-new-homepage https://github.com/blog/1355-new-homepage
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by wilfra 14y ago

Looks like this came with a homepage redesign as well: http://github.com http://github.com If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Drew Houston ought to be feeling great right about now.

bgentry 14y ago

Can you explain on why you think the new Github homepage imitates Dropbox's homepage? They both look pretty standard to me.

wilfra 14y ago
-Very similar logotype -Signup form on the right, with huge signup button -Tons of whitespace w/ 'floating' elements -Footer styled very similar -Same location on the page and method of promoting their paid product -etc
- deleted 14y ago
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- mimiflynn 14y ago
  Looks pretty twitter bootstrap like, if you ask me. I feel that a lot of designs are ending up like this due to bootstrap influence, which, might be influenced by dropbox for all I know.
  - markdotto 14y ago
    I wrote all the styles for Bootstrap and refactored GitHub's forms and buttons a few months ago for a similar approach. Not 100% the same, but definitely close. All those styles are tested thoroughly within Bootstrap and made it super easy to update and standardize our styles, while at the same time dropping mad duplicate code. The overall homepage though I think looks nothing like Bootstrap's docs, if that's what you're implying. Also, Bootstrap, and GitHub, was not influenced by Dropbox. We just iterated on that stuff internally in a pull request and shipped when we were happy with it.
    - mimiflynn 14y ago
      I wasn't implying that it looks like Bootstrap's docs, I was saying that it looks influenced by the conventions Bootstrap conforms to, which, makes sense from your first paragraph. Either way, I don't think it matters. It looks good and clean.
    - wilfra 14y ago
      Slipped my mind that you went to Github. Definitely looks a lot like Bootstrap as well. Though if it wasn't inspired by Dropbox, there are nevertheless some strong similarities. Namely the signup form, footer and the call to action for the paid product. I can see developers not understanding what I mean, but surely a designer must! Not trying to be critical by the way. I'm a huge fan of every company/framework/person etc mentioned here. I'm just really interested in the form, function and messaging of homepages.
- dubcanada 14y ago
  lol?? Are you being serious? Besides the fact they both have a signup form on the right the websites look nothing alike.

jlogsdon 14y ago

They redid the homepage a while back. December 2012: https://github.com/blog/1355-new-homepage https://github.com/blog/1355-new-homepage

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