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  • itchy got it in one. >> I don't mean literally, I mean in the terms that there's a lot of similar functionality between IE and FF. I see your point.
  • Vanilla Staff
    Uh oh. Catfight! For the record, working at Microsoft was awesome!
  • :) What was your role at Microsoft? Developer?
  • Vanilla Staff
    I supported asp.net developers when Microsoft first launched asp.net. It was a stressful gig, but Microsoft was great.
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    ok to clarify my initial starting point for this post. i do graphics for a living so i can tell when something has been copied/borrowed, whatever you want to call it. google/ig was launched in may, at some point, i think. start.com/3 was launched june 3rd. start.com/3/ has exactly the same basic layout and functionality as google - centered seach box at top, 3 columns of info below, config options top right, and content options top left, drag & drop panels, blah blah blah. therefore this led me to comment that microsoft APPEARED to have borrowed some ideas from google. in fact i would go further than that and say it is a blatant copy of ig. sure, ideas evolve from one another, that is how things progress. but copying is more like theft than evolution in my book. anyhow, no biggie, just thought it was interesting to point out the similarities =)
  • edited August 2005
    therefore this led me to comment that microsoft APPEARED to have borrowed some ideas from google. in fact i would go further than that and say it is a blatant copy of ig.

    sure, ideas evolve from one another, that is how things progress. but copying is more like theft than evolution in my book.

    They just don't seem similar at all to me. Do you consider 90% of blog authors "theives" because they use the generic two column layout? As a graphic designer, you should have the eye to see that they are much less similar than anyone is trying to claim. Basic layout? Yes. But virtually any site these days copies some other site's basic layout.
  • New
    edited August 2005
    OMG, I have a forum that looks EXACTLY like this one!!!! /me is no thief
  • there is one big difference for me between start.com/3 and google.com/ig the google thingy does work in safari
  • New
    likewise start is non existant on handheld
  • New
    Do you consider 90% of blog authors "theives"
    no, but i do consider 90% of blog authors...

    nevermind.
  • ✭✭
    Hmm how much Kubrick them can you take?
  • ✭✭
    You know I started a stupid thread like this on a Flash forum last week, and the moderator locked it because he said i was wasting bandwith. I was quite hurt.
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