[masklinn]

> except that Hipmunk's interface is a clean clone of ITA's matrix search's gantt view

Why clean clone? Gantt charts are (technically) 115 years old, and it's not like there are 5 billion ways to display a gantt chart, especially one with no paths. Other flight search startup have independently stumbled upon the idea of gantt charts for flight, why could that not be yet another independent reinvention?

> I'm sure it'll be a matter of time before that makes it into google's interface.

Or not, ITA does not seem to have met much success with their matrix so far.

[imorsi214]

They are the same as in yes, it's the same idea - a gantt chart but Hipmunk's way better looking and more interactive.

When I say clone, I don't mean to imply they simply copied it with no originality - I'm just pointing out this fact to all the people who claim Hipmunk's advantage is their gantt view..which ITA already has a versin of and can be improved to match or be better than Hipmunk's.

[masklinn]

> When I say clone, I don't mean to imply they simply copied it with no originality

That's what "cloning" implies though: making the exact same thing.

> I'm just pointing out this fact to all the people who claim Hipmunk's advantage is their gantt view..which ITA already has a versin of and can be improved to match or be better than Hipmunk's.

But have not so far, so Hipmunk's remains an advantage. You "could always" copy to match, in theory. Does not mean it's technically feasible, let alone easy. Or that you think it's a good idea.

[dasil003]

And yet so far no one has.