I'm Travis Willis, a web developer living in Vancouver, British Columbia.

I just randomly blog about whatever I want here, so this might get neglected for large swaths of time. It is what it is.

MetaLab: MetaLab Goes Open Source?

We get ripped off a lot. I often spot a button image that’s been repurposed, or a layout that’s just a little bit too inspired by a previous design we’ve done. Generally, we find it really flattering and have a good laugh - if nothing else, it makes us feel that we’re probably doing something…

It’s not all that often you hear of high-profile companies like Mozilla ripping off user interface designs from other companies. From what I’ve read, Mozilla has since changed the user interface of their product, Flight Deck, but it’s still a pretty embarrassing PR stumble.

Seeing as my blog makes use of an amazing MetaLab design, I figure I should point out that the company donated the layout to Tumblr for public use; I have since customized the design to fit closer with my website’s appearance. Totally different ballpark.

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Posted on Wednesday, 10 March
Tagged as: MetaLab   internet   plagarism   Mozilla   design  
Reblogged from: metalabdesign
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    user interface designs from other companies. From what I’ve read, Mozilla...the user...

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    Cripes… I know I’ve taken a lot of notes from them… but really? That’s straight up theft… Here’s a link to what got...

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