Yes, do not feed troll. :-) Yes, we fork from Quark base, but is far from copy-paste clone. The whole goal with Particle is to NOT be copy-paste clone. Goal is to reach the mass market, and to build a solid platform for future.
I have thousands of lines of original code that say we are not copy-paste clone, that I have written over weeks without sleep. It is not just graphics. That is tip of iceberg.
I am building not just a wallet, but a complete what is called composite application framework. It is a complete platform to build on top of, to extend wallet, with app ecosystem behind it.
Common interface spec means there can be multiple app "stores" or repository that people can build. Wallet will support connecting to all of them, just like add repo in linux. I also thinking that in Peer to Peer way, wallet nodes and app "store" sites can inform each other of other app repositories, to enhance discoverability just like daemon today share info about known peers. This would make it easier for people to create new stores and be found in self-healing directory in wallet.
Since this is all open source, and some may offer for-pay apps and others free, maybe need to think of better word than "store". I don't know what to call it yet. Google has Play. What does Particle have.
Better way to think is not shout down Particle, but think how can my favorite coin get on train with this technology.
Continuing to refine UI as we go:
