I agree with Daniel on all counts. It will sound desperate. However, a lot of accusations are inevitably going to be levelled at elementary, especially as it gets bigger, and a friendly Journal posts on how people build on others' work, standing on the shoulders of giants, etc etc will make fending them off easier.
On 23 August 2012 04:19, David Gomes <[email protected]> wrote: > Everybody copies everybody. This is how science evolves. That is why I > hate proprietary software. If you make such a selection for fun and we keep > it internal, it's cool, but if we post it on the Journal or something, it > will make us look like an evil company such as Pear. > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> With Chrome OS adopting Slingshot design in the stable channel now ( >> http://chrome.blogspot.com.br/2012/08/a-new-apps-list-on-chrome-os.html), >> Slingshot is definitely going to be considered "Chome OS ripoff!!!11" by >> many. I think we should set up a page somewhere in elementaryos.org to >> track (some of the) design decisions of controversial origing we use and >> show the actual history those design decisions had. That Chrome OS thing >> also uses the same idea as my True App Center rant from three months >> earlier (http://shnatsel.blogspot.com/2012/03/true-app-center.html) and >> GNOME Shell has also picked it up for GNOME 3.6 ( >> http://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2012/08/21/rounding-out-the-3-6-feature-list/ >> ). >> >> Contractor is a good example of predating the competition by a >> significant amount of time. GNOME is also steadily picking up our design >> decisions, though it's not much of a big deal. >> >> Oh, and we should mention prior art about which we weren't aware... for >> example, Maemo has a great AppMenu in GTK that predated our implementation >> (by the way, it's designed simply gorgeously; I think we should rip more of >> it!). Maemo also has a 3x5 menu grid which we found to be optimal... etc. >> >> And we create a way for readers to submit info on prior art as well as >> further evolution of these design decisions. I think this will contribute >> greatly to our image of open design as well as code. >> >> -- >> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff >> OS architect @ elementary >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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