But it can be spun differently: "we are glad to see we are in good company with our design decisions" kind of style. We could use some free publicity.
On August 23, 2012 at 6:19 AM "satch...@gmail.com" <satch...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <da...@elementaryos.org> 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 < > > ser...@elementaryos.org> 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 : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp