What percentage of the profits are you giving "iamgilesbowkett" since you've created a facsimile of his idea from 2009?
Yes, how dare two different people both have the same idea of applying a newspaper theme to a web site.
Show HN: My iPad Hacker News Client, Hacker News Paper
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#23This is a blatant copy of my web app Hacker Newspaper. http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2011/11/imitation-is-sincer...
A newspaperish grid layout hardly seems like something that's unique enough to go around accusing someone of ripping it off from you. Or did you rip off the New York Times et al?
Newspaper grid layout, downloads the text of the stories, he even used a very similar font in his header graphic to the font in my header graphic -- and the font in my header graphic was a whimsical indulgence because it doesn't really look like a newspaper header font at all. The New York Times and many, many other papers use heavy gothic fonts for their names, and I think that if he got the design from there, he would have done the same.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really like the app. I echo what was said before, don't like the header. I get what you're trying to do with newspaper, though a cleaner font would work better. Look at the UK gaurdian app in newsstand for inspiration. I would also suggest images in the article though again it may take away from the newspaper feel. The flipping doesn't always work, it opens an article on the odd flip try. I would love to see: - Insta…
Thanks a lot for your feedback. Like I've already commented its great to hear from you and see which of the features I think are important are also important to people who have tried the app.
+1 for Instapaper integration.
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#25Super!
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your web app is a blatant copy of paper publishing that's been going on for decades. Get real, dude.
It's got the same name, dude, and the same feature set.
I mean... it's a newspaper format. There are only so many ways to implement that. Besides, the iPad app and the webapp look fairly different IMO.
As for the name, seems to me "hacker news paper" is a fairly obvious name to arrive at.
Not knocking your webapp. Just saying there really isn't an issue here.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
A newspaperish grid layout hardly seems like something that's unique enough to go around accusing someone of ripping it off from you. Or did you rip off the New York Times et al?
Newspaper grid layout, downloads the text of the stories, he even used a very similar font in his header graphic to the font in my header graphic -- and the font in my header graphic was a whimsical indulgence because it doesn't really look like a newspaper header font at all. The New York Times and many, many other papers use heavy gothic fonts for their names, and I think that if he got the design from there, he wo…
If you want to accuse someone of plagiarism, you're going need a hell of a lot more evidence than "the font looks a bit similar".
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#28What percentage of the profits are you giving "iamgilesbowkett" since you've created a facsimile of his idea from 2009?
Yes, how dare two different people both have the same idea of applying a newspaper theme to a web site.
"Applying a newspaper theme" implies less than the outright copying of a name, style, and functionality.
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#29If you prefer a free (and high-quality) app, check out this one:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hacker-news-reader-technology...
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#30Get real, its all about the implementation and execution, although I have not seen the but seems like (from comments) the guy did a good job in execution and action.
We all have ton's of ideas, techcrunch can be newspaper like, mashable can be magazine like, its all your execution with little bit pinch of idea.