Comments on: A feeling of deja vu http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/ It's about the internet and stuff. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Anderson http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/comment-page-1/#comment-18105 David Anderson Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:00:29 +0000 http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/#comment-18105 Aye, they removed their test copy a while back. The finished site is at: <a href="http://www.mazochova.cz/">mazochova.cz</a> Thanks for the comments :) Aye, they removed their test copy a while back. The finished site is at: mazochova.cz

Thanks for the comments :)

]]> By: jwcoggin http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/comment-page-1/#comment-18100 jwcoggin Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:43:11 +0000 http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/#comment-18100 They must have already removed it because teh link does not work. This is pretty shadey that someone would steal directly from your site. I mean it is a very nice site but this is not the moral way to take a design you like and mimic it. Good to see they removed it! "Alls well that ends well" They must have already removed it because teh link does not work. This is pretty shadey that someone would steal directly from your site. I mean it is a very nice site but this is not the moral way to take a design you like and mimic it.

Good to see they removed it! "Alls well that ends well"

]]> By: David Anderson http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/comment-page-1/#comment-18060 David Anderson Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:17:05 +0000 http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/#comment-18060 Yeah, it's more than a little off when they do that. I used to have hotlink protection on, redirecting through to a random search engine rather than to porn images, but got fed up with having to alter my settings every time I wanted to hot-link one of my images on another site. Which is just as well as it was only because of the hot-linking that I found out about it. Fortunately they did the decent thing in the end and removed it, and their finished client design only has minor similarities left in one or two areas and I have no problem with people taking inspiration from a design. Yeah, it's more than a little off when they do that.

I used to have hotlink protection on, redirecting through to a random search engine rather than to porn images, but got fed up with having to alter my settings every time I wanted to hot-link one of my images on another site. Which is just as well as it was only because of the hot-linking that I found out about it.

Fortunately they did the decent thing in the end and removed it, and their finished client design only has minor similarities left in one or two areas and I have no problem with people taking inspiration from a design.

]]> By: Jez http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/comment-page-1/#comment-18056 Jez Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:41:16 +0000 http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/#comment-18056 Good news that they've removed it. Nicking somebody else's design and markup is totally unacceptable - when they were hotlinking your images you should have switched them with some porn images! Good news that they've removed it. Nicking somebody else's design and markup is totally unacceptable – when they were hotlinking your images you should have switched them with some porn images!

]]> By: David Anderson http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/comment-page-1/#comment-17032 David Anderson Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:47:33 +0000 http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/#comment-17032 Indeed it is. At least they removed it eventually though, and as long as it stays removed I can live with their apology. Indeed it is. At least they removed it eventually though, and as long as it stays removed I can live with their apology.

]]> By: Sara http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/comment-page-1/#comment-17030 Sara Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:56:42 +0000 http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/#comment-17030 That's pretty crappy. I've had scrapers steal my content, but not the entire look and feel of my site. That's pretty crappy. I've had scrapers steal my content, but not the entire look and feel of my site.

]]> By: David Anderson http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/comment-page-1/#comment-16929 David Anderson Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:59:06 +0000 http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/#comment-16929 Their site is back up and it does appear that they've removed the design, at least from the where it was originally (cynic). Their site is back up and it does appear that they've removed the design, at least from the where it was originally (cynic).

]]> By: David Anderson http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/comment-page-1/#comment-16928 David Anderson Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:54:37 +0000 http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/#comment-16928 Well, I finally had a response from eVisions. They've apologised for using the design, and said that it was just being used as a CSS learning exercise by one of their junior staff. If that was the case, though, I wouldn't have expected it taking an email to the (now supposedly imaginary?) client in order to have it removed or elicit a response - it was the email to their 'client' that they replied to. I have tried to check whether it is still online or not, and it does appear to have been removed - however, so does the rest of their site. So at the moment I can't tell for definite whether or not the design is absent due to it being removed, or just because their site is down. So for the time being I'll have to take them at their word. Well, I finally had a response from eVisions. They've apologised for using the design, and said that it was just being used as a CSS learning exercise by one of their junior staff. If that was the case, though, I wouldn't have expected it taking an email to the (now supposedly imaginary?) client in order to have it removed or elicit a response – it was the email to their 'client' that they replied to.

I have tried to check whether it is still online or not, and it does appear to have been removed – however, so does the rest of their site. So at the moment I can't tell for definite whether or not the design is absent due to it being removed, or just because their site is down. So for the time being I'll have to take them at their word.

]]> By: David Anderson http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/comment-page-1/#comment-16911 David Anderson Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:51:23 +0000 http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/#comment-16911 No response from either them or their hosts, and they've carried on working on it since (they've now removed my affiliate stuff). So they're intending to ignore me. They've added some contact details for their client now, too, so I've taken the opportunity to write to her and explain the situation. Hopefully she can read English, or knows someone who can, or at least follows the links in the mail so that she can see what's going on at least. No response from either them or their hosts, and they've carried on working on it since (they've now removed my affiliate stuff). So they're intending to ignore me. They've added some contact details for their client now, too, so I've taken the opportunity to write to her and explain the situation. Hopefully she can read English, or knows someone who can, or at least follows the links in the mail so that she can see what's going on at least.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/comment-page-1/#comment-16910 Sarah Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:44:44 +0000 http://www.ap4a.co.uk/archives/2007/a-feeling-of-deja-vu/#comment-16910 What's the situation so far? Any response? What's the situation so far? Any response?

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