First platform to sell ruby gems?

Re:First platform to sell ruby gems? by aparadja on Thursday May 05, 2011 @02:11PM (#2518333)

Slightly off topic, but I'm curious about the page's design. There have been a few others with the exact same kind of general vibe (showoff.io comes to mind first). The grainy background, sunken dark text, the whole thing.

Is it just designers borrowing ideas from each other, or is there something I've missed?

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Re:First platform to sell ruby gems? by frou_dh on Thursday May 05, 2011 @02:49PM (#2518490)

Not quite the same, but there was a lot of love for Tweetie's sunken logo (http://i.imgur.com/u6u4v.png). Twitter bought that app out and started using their fat bird instead :'(

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Re:First platform to sell ruby gems? by did on Thursday May 05, 2011 @06:02PM (#2519084)

I don't pretend to be a designer (I know how to use photoshop though) and I designed this page in 2 hours. I assume I follow the current trends. Nothing wrong, is it ?

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Re:First platform to sell ruby gems? by aparadja on Friday May 06, 2011 @02:48AM (#2520209)

Nothing wrong with the design in my non-designer-opinion. This wasn't meant as a criticism, I was genuinely curious about the trend.

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