When it comes to RSS readers, there's no question that my preference is to use Reeder. Whether on iPhone, iPad, or the Mac, their apps brings a usability and elegance to an otherwise ugly medium. And obviously, design is a huge part of that. So when Reeder developer�Silvio Rizzi saw that exact design being used by a�competitor, MobileRSS, he was obviously pissed off. And from the looks of it, rightfully so. What Rizzi did next was both ballsy and brilliant. He created a page on his site to show side-by-side examples of just how bad the rip-off is. And support quickly flowed in. Stories about the rip-off began surfacing. As did hundreds (if not thousands) of retweets. And now the community that is partially responsible for the success that MobileRSS has seen up until now has started responding as well.Thursday, December 23, 2010
Reeder Calls Out MobileRSS For Design Theft, Community Backlash Begins
When it comes to RSS readers, there's no question that my preference is to use Reeder. Whether on iPhone, iPad, or the Mac, their apps brings a usability and elegance to an otherwise ugly medium. And obviously, design is a huge part of that. So when Reeder developer�Silvio Rizzi saw that exact design being used by a�competitor, MobileRSS, he was obviously pissed off. And from the looks of it, rightfully so. What Rizzi did next was both ballsy and brilliant. He created a page on his site to show side-by-side examples of just how bad the rip-off is. And support quickly flowed in. Stories about the rip-off began surfacing. As did hundreds (if not thousands) of retweets. And now the community that is partially responsible for the success that MobileRSS has seen up until now has started responding as well.
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