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by 54mf 15y ago
Not to get too meta here, but unalone and I have continued this discussion in email, so I'm not going to bother with a large reply here. In short, I apologized for writing him off so quickly, but disagree with his assessment of Svbtle's ele
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by 54mf 15y ago
That still doesn't make it right to rip off someone else's work!
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by 54mf 15y ago
Right, and as Mr. Curtis said, the author copied his design work . Mr. Curtis isn't crying fowl that someone built an open-source blog engine.
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by 54mf 15y ago
I take it you're not a designer.
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by 54mf 15y ago
Have you not heard of a closed beta? Also, like I mentioned elsewhere, exclusivity is not a license to rip off.
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by 54mf 15y ago
It has incredible bearing. Let's presume it took him 1 hour to design the site. (It surely took dozens or hundreds, including modifications and improvements, but play along.) That 1 hour isn't just 1 hour. It's 1 hour, plus the 5 or 10 or 1
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by 54mf 15y ago
http://briefmobile.com/images/articles/galaxy-s-vs-iphone.jp... Mr. Curtis on the right. Mr. Wienert on the left.
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by 54mf 15y ago
You're kidding, right? http://briefmobile.com/images/articles/galaxy-s-vs-iphone.jp... You are on the left.
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by 54mf 15y ago
Okay, perhaps not a 1:1 clone, but definitely a rip-off. Mr. Wienert posted examples of his other work in this thread, and I think it's safe to assume he wouldn't have come close to the Svbtle UI if left to his own devices.
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by 54mf 15y ago
You make an awful lot of assumptions about how others would act. I definitely wouldn't eat at the second restaurant, because they'd be scumbags for ripping off the first restaurant and I wouldn't want to support them. Exclusivity is not a l
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by 54mf 15y ago
If I paint Starry Night from scratch, entirely by myself, it's not my work . It's a rip-off .
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by 54mf 15y ago
In 6 months, after Svbtle has grown a bit, I'm going to give you a list of the new features. I'd like to see you build a great UI around them in a few hours.
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by 54mf 15y ago
How is Obtvse, in any way, an improvement upon or alteration of Svbtle? As far as I can tell, it's a 1:1 clone, but "open".
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by 54mf 15y ago
Your metaphor is wholly flawed. This would be like if you wanted to get in to a restaurant because of the great food, decor, and excellent ties the waiters were wearing, but couldn't get in. So you went next door and created your own restau
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by 54mf 15y ago
Two wrongs don't make a right.
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by 54mf 15y ago
It's a dark pattern. In my opinion, at least; an ambiguous interface element with unexpected and unintended consequences. Judging by his obvious design talent, I think Mr. Curtis should know better, especially in light of the incredibly neg
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by 54mf 15y ago
Well, yes, but that would be rude.
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by 54mf 15y ago
I have a ton of respect for Mr. Curtis, but he's utterly and completely wrong on the issue. It's not a "serious" thing, just like calling someone a mean name isn't necessarily a "serious" thing, but both kind of make you a dick.
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by 54mf 15y ago
I have conflicting feelings: love the concept, love the design, but jealous I'll never get an invite. At least, happy it exists.
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by 54mf 15y ago
Ha! Exactly.
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by 54mf 15y ago
But the processor isn't quad-core! But it weighs more than the iPad 2! But it's thicker than the iPad 2! But they didn't say how much RAM it has!
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by 54mf 15y ago
"An app that sets up and updates Xcode and command line developer tools automatically." As someone who just spent 2 days dealing with bugs specifically related to the Xcode 4.3.1 / iOS 5.1 release, PLEASE GOD NO. NO. GOD NO. I'll update Xco
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by 54mf 15y ago
Oh yeah, it hurts. Like I mentioned in my reply to the parent, totally embarrassed by it and have already built a fix for the issue in v1.0.2, coming in a week or two.
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by 54mf 15y ago
Thanks! Everyday I'm hustlin'. That pattern of setting background colors for multiple blocks is by far the most embarrassing part of this whole launch experience, and I've already built a fix that'll kill all those ridiculous repetitive act
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by 54mf 15y ago
I'm keeping most of my roadmap close to the vest for obvious reasons, but repeating events (I like the term "floating tasks") are definitely coming very soon, probably with v1.1. Looking in to various syncing options as well. Your descripti
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by 54mf 15y ago
It really does help, thanks a ton. I'm all about constructive criticism, very useful after being so closely focused on specific aspects of the app for months. 1) Great points. I'm working on a updated version of the site that will include a
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by 54mf 15y ago
An update: they're working on it, and it was all our fault. https://twitter.com/#!/skrivr/status/178173526308683777 (And they misspelled my name!)
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by 54mf 15y ago
BRB WRITING AN EBOOK
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by 54mf 15y ago
Good catch. That just jumped to the top of my list. Regardless of the app store approval, the last thing I'd want is to piss off a user because they can't contact me about an issue. Much appreciated.
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by 54mf 15y ago
Absolutely, I've heard similar from other folks checking out the app. I'm going to spend time this weekend updating the "marketing" stuff. Website, photos, copy, etc. Some of the decisions I made don't show Faraday in its best light, or don

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