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Re:Apple iPad's iBook rips off indie dev's creation by mr_eel on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @10:19PM (#1082884)
Yet, in the same article the author mentions Delicious Library's influence on the design of Classics.

Rip off, my behind. It's an _obvious_ metaphor. Commenters on the article even point out other examples like Shelfari.

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Re:Apple iPad's iBook rips off indie dev's creation by jotto on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @10:46PM (#1082926)
Let us not forget that one of the originals behind Delicious Library now works (or did work) at Apple - http://www.mikematas.com/
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Re:Apple iPad's iBook rips off indie dev's creation by arfrank on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @11:04PM (#1082979)
He left in july 2009 I believe. Cant pull up dead link to the blog post, cache wont work, but here is the link to the google search http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mike+matas+leaves+a...
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Re:Apple iPad's iBook rips off indie dev's creation by jstevens85 on Thursday January 28, 2010 @03:24AM (#1083325)
You're a bit off there. He joined Apple in 2005.
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Re:Apple iPad's iBook rips off indie dev's creation by pyre on Thursday January 28, 2010 @04:32AM (#1083409)
How do you figure? If he joined Apple in 2005 and left in July 2009, what's the issue? What's 'a bit off?'
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Re:Apple iPad's iBook rips off indie dev's creation by jstevens85 on Thursday January 28, 2010 @04:57PM (#1085156)
Sorry, I read your post as he joined in July 2009, which would make Apple's use of the bookshelf more suspicious.
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Re:Apple iPad's iBook rips off indie dev's creation by DougBTX on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @10:26PM (#1082892)
It reminded me of Delicious too, but yes... books on a bookshelf and pages which turn like pages.
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Re:Apple iPad's iBook rips off indie dev's creation by kylec on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @10:58PM (#1082959)
I wonder if there will be a way to turn off the animation. When looking at the promo video there was way too much movement for the simplest of things like selecting a book, turning a page, etc. For me, it would get old very fast.
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Re:Apple iPad's iBook rips off indie dev's creation by krtl on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @10:24PM (#1082889)
Yah, its not a huge deal. But something I thought I would share with the community here.
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