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Browser page similarities?
Now I'm not about to call anyone a Scab, however the page layouts for these two browser sites are amazingly similar. Notice the horizontal colour split, grey gradients, green download buttons, red and black name/version branding and background circles for computer images.
Open these two sites in separate tabs and just flick between them. The similarities go much further than the above images show.
Paint by numbers for browser download pages?
Eivind Skjellum, designer of the Opera Page:
When I designed this page (yes, it's my work), it was pointed out to me that there were similarities to the Firefox download page.
What surprises me is that an outfit like Opera, who make a very good browser, are satisfied to go with what they recognise as a similar design in what is virtually a three player market.
The release of Firefox 2.0 and the associated great redesign of the Mozilla sites now makes this post redundant. Comments are now closed.
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13 comments
on 06 October 06 @ 13:04 on 06 October 06 @ 13:20 While Logo's are in similar colors and the download boxes are of similar style, there are very few other similarities.
The fonts and font colors are completely different. FIrefox's Background Gradient is a prominent blue while Opera's Gradient is a very very light gray.
Also the lay out of the two websites are completely different. Opera is fixed width while firefox isn't.
I see where your coming from that there are similarities they are few and far apart.
It's called "web 2.0" it all looks the same.
Sorry, but Web 2 has nothing to do with this. It's a browser download page.
@danicus
slow news day?
It was until you guys turned up.
@Dubious Inquirer
The two sites share a multitude of design elements. It's not about the shade of blue or the font. For two players in the browser game, this is close.
haha, bitter much?
Ian, when you can put more than 3 words together and explain to me what Web 2.0 has to do with the design of a browser download page, I'll respond.
on 07 October 06 @ 09:40 The reference to scab is a link to an article titled scab, that is a related though different story....did you read it?
The Title to my post is Browser page similarities? and I won't use words like "thief" either.
Sorry you missed the context of the scab article link.
on 07 October 06 @ 13:46 Sure there is a palette of current fashionable web colours and its fine to use them, just as it's also fine to follow current conventions and styles in design and layout. If the Opera download page was a little similar to the download page for Skype or Picasa or iTunes or some other popular software it wouldn't really matter so much, but when it is very similar to the download page for a competing product then it seems like a pretty dumb move.
on 08 October 06 @ 00:26 Plus opera 9.02 is buggy. With firefox 2.0 and IE 7.0 coming out, this industry is going to become even more two player.
Both are superior to the current browsers available.
The point you raise has some validity but is also a shame. To have the browser game reduced to a two horse race is nothing to be happy about. Opera have often led with innovation and the browser itself is most likely no more buggy than FF2 or IE7B3.
I can only wish more success to Opera because it will help drive further innovation.
Anyhow, this post isn't about a browser pissing competition, it's about how close competitors can go in the design of their download pages.
/cry
I like the old layout more...
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