felix

GV has been an amazing partner to ordr.in - this design sprint is the most visible aspect of that amazingness. I totally agree that it is a huge differentiator! (thanks for the love :)

Nicely done. Bonus points for not making it a jQuery plugin!

I read all these complaints and they boils down to "I want to read this content but those ads really slow me down/annoy me." "The content publisher really picked some bad advertisers!" "They should try something that provides me with value."

The value the content publisher provides you is content. If you block ads on an ad driven site - what value do you provide the content publisher? But running a site, maintaining it, getting new content, building new features that all costs money. When you block ads you're simply not paying for what you're using.

If the ads on a site outweigh your tolerance - Don't go to the site. But if the content is there and you want to read it - well the cost of entry for most "free" sites is a few ad impressions. Ubiquitous ads was the most transformative thing to happen to the web. The bills need to get paid and ads do that without requiring everyone to put in their credit card.

Is this really news? That two sites have a vaguely similar layout for their docs site? If they were actually identical sure that would suck - but it's quite a stretch to call it a "clone".

The web has always been about getting inspiration from other sites on the web. As long as it's not an obvious ripoff - this is how we move forward. Building on what works. Let's worry about bigger problems.

Hah - I was just looking at your site and thinking the same thing. I wish this would remind me slightly randomly - and lo and behold.