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Re: Show HN: Material Kit – Free Bootstrap UI Kit Based on Material Design

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I just looked at it and looked at pro version. Very compelling in my view, congrats. I know people might have different uses and approaches, but I think if it can save me a lot of time, it is worth it.

@desireco42 we are glad that you like! It will definitely save you a lot o time :-)

Re: Show HN: Material Kit – Free Bootstrap UI Kit Based on Material Design

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Why is it not classy? The picture looks like a fashion photo shoot, probably for the earrings

Not everyone's culture would find that picture okay. It's not hard to find something else like a tree that would work just as well. Also, why not a guy?

Why is a guy ok? I expected a girl in a bikini or something but it's just a headshot of a girl. That's totally fine in most places in the world.

Re: Show HN: Material Kit – Free Bootstrap UI Kit Based on Material Design

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Why is it not classy? The picture looks like a fashion photo shoot, probably for the earrings

Not everyone's culture would find that picture okay. It's not hard to find something else like a tree that would work just as well. Also, why not a guy?

Different cultures will find different things to not be OK. The site was (presumably) made by someone of a western culture, so those visiting it from other cultures can be mindful of that, and just ignore it.

Other things that could be offensive to various cultures: - Red meat (offensive in India?) - Beer (offensive in countries where alcohol is illegal)

One thing is to avoid being obviously offensive (nudity, violence, etc), the other thing is limiting yourself to the lowest common denominator of all things acceptable in all cultures. (However this could make sense for a highly localized/global product.)

Why not have a picture of a man? If they did that, then someone could also complain that women are not represented in the website. We're in a niche culture that is extremely sensitive towards that. Take for instance Facebook's "Friend request" icon, which was redesigned so that the woman was on front, and not on the back, precisely because someone took offense from that:

http://www.nylon.com/articles/facebook-friend-request-icon

Re: Show HN: Material Kit – Free Bootstrap UI Kit Based on Material Design

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"Free?" what the heck is a Creative Tim license?

That is the license that we give to our users. As an overview, you can use this product for your personal projects, startups or for a client. What you cannot do is to get this product and resell it/post it anywhere as your own created product. This is what we want to protect. That's it. Please let me know if I can help with other information.
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