| Sunday, November 24, 2002 |
14:51 - What's that they say about imitation?
http://www.macslash.org/articles/02/11/23/2230205.shtml
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Sure, it might be "flattery". But as any reader of Jhonen Vasquez will understand, nobody likes to be confronted with a "Jimmy the Homicidal Maniac."
Not Johnny. Jimmy. Mmy. Remember him?
I can't add much to this that CapLion hasn't already said. In fact, some of these are likely mock-ups and/or fakes. But AquaFinder isn't.
Check it out, but make sure you have a bucket handy.
Presumably the whole reason to do this kind of skinnery is "eye candy", because without the information-field-query-based navigational system of the real iTunes or the automatic everything-just-works of the real Dock (though ObjectDock does at least attempt to be a proof-of-concept that harnesses the Dock's practical benefits and not just its looks), that's all this can be. And yet it doesn't matter, somehow, that this stuff looks like ass.
I just don't understand something fundamental about the mindset. Why would you imitate something for its beauty, and then make your imitation so ugly?
Apparently, some Windows users will do anything to get something that looks like a Mac onto their desks-- anything-- except, of course, buying the real thing.
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