LOL...The irony. They wrote an article a in 2011 about plagerism. http://kintek.com.au/blog/web-design-plagerism-what-should-y...
Here a screenshot, just in case they decide to take that blog offline
How to properly plagiarize a website
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Re: How to properly plagiarize a website
#112'Plagiarize'? 'Stealing'?
No, not even close. No code was reused, any parts similar were reworked as far as I can see.
A real shame they didn't dial it back and make it a fun article. Inspiration is something we all use.
If I inspired someone so much they went off and made something similar that would make me proud.
This wasn't a stolen 'code and all' website, at best 'some' parts that are pointed out as similar were recoded and reworked, as far as I can see. That's hard work.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also catching on in celebrity baby photos: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/kim-karda...
Unbelievable. I have new found respect for Kim Kardashian. That was incredibly smart.
You mean you didn't already have respect for Kim's contribution to protecting privacy on the internet?!
Re: How to properly plagiarize a website
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
- The scrolling animations on the header are exactly the same. - The curved/depressed backgrounds behind the hero image (fairly unique) are the same shape and style. - Page sizing is the same. - Color scheme is the same, with blue swapped out for red. These are just from glancing quickly between the two sites. Combined with the overall similarity, the fact that the scrolling animation is exactly the same is the most…
Sure. But I've seen these design elements all over the web before. Infininum is just as guilty as Kintek when it comes to copying.
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#115am I the only one who doesnt find the sites that similar after all? Or to put it another way - neither of them seem particularly unique (fixed header, slider on top, broad sections and large footer) compared to many marketing sites these days?
while it certainly looks like the second one did indeed rip off the first, i'd have to say there's nothing at all about the first one that looks even remotely interesting or innovative to me. looks like a run-of-the-mill $20 wordpress template.
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#116Every time a post like this hits Hacker News, the same conversation gets re-hashed again and again. "How is this copying?", "How are these two sites not just following standard design trends?", "So what. This layout isn't unique. It looks like a Wordpress template.", "Design inspiration isn't enough. Show me the copied code."
And each time, I'm baffled by these responses. How can you not tell, when comparing the sites side-by-side, that Kintek was more than just inspired by Infinum's design. Sure, neither site really trend-sets, but there are numerous similarities between the two which, in combination, are highly unlikely to have been arrived at independently. And that's the point. The site was carefully crafted, each detail at a time, to look, feel, and act a certain way. Not every detail will be unique to this site and this site alone, but in combination the details add up to a unique experience. Which Kintek then co-opted for itself.
Everything from the fonts, to the way the page starts to scroll, to the width and spacing of the grid, the curve of the main image slider, the order of the content, the actual copy (almost word-for-word on the "Services" page)... Seeing all of this, and then seeing someone on HN say "so what"... it just boggles my mind.
I'm not even a designer, but perhaps I just tend look at the world more through that lense. I don't know how else to explain it. To me, it's so obvious and glaring, but maybe when others look at these sites they just don't see the same things that I do.
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#117I worked at a company where our web site was copied by a competitor entering the same domain. They copied the look of the site but also copied the Google Analytics tag as well. We found out about them because their page views showed up in our analytics.
Do you still work for CloudFlare? (your website seems to hint that you've moved on) They have ripped lots of stuff off.
Re: How to properly plagiarize a website
#118I worked at a company where our web site was copied by a competitor entering the same domain. They copied the look of the site but also copied the Google Analytics tag as well. We found out about them because their page views showed up in our analytics.
This exact same situation happened to me in the past month. My login page and its assets were copied, right down to the Rails asset digest fingerprints in the filenames as well as the Google Analytics code, which is how I discovered them.
I sent a sternly worded "Notice of Copyright Infringement" email and two weeks later their whole site was completely redesigned.
Re: How to properly plagiarize a website
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
- The scrolling animations on the header are exactly the same. - The curved/depressed backgrounds behind the hero image (fairly unique) are the same shape and style. - Page sizing is the same. - Color scheme is the same, with blue swapped out for red. These are just from glancing quickly between the two sites. Combined with the overall similarity, the fact that the scrolling animation is exactly the same is the most…
Sure. But I've seen these design elements all over the web before. Infininum is just as guilty as Kintek when it comes to copying.
Your sentence is made up of letters and symbols that are used in hundreds (thousands, millions) of books and writings around the world. How dare you copy them. Come up with your own alphabet.
(My point: It's not the individual elements that matter. It's the unique combination. Infinum may not be exactly trend-setting, but unless you can find a site constructed with the exact same combination of design details, I say that Infinum is nowhere near as guilty when it comes to copying.)
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#120This website itself is not designed so well. The fixed top bar is super annoying and wastes space. (Yes, I know it's also a modern design trend. It's a terrible one.) Their site is too wide somewhere, and forces an unnecessary horizontal scroll bar on my browser. Their logo/header is pretty cool, but the rest of the site is pretty generic.