Semantic UI

#1

Post by jhund » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 3:11 AM UTC

Re: Semantic UI

#2

Post by inputcoffee » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 3:16 AM UTC

What is the best way to think of this. Is this like Twitter Bootstrap and Zurb Foundation, or is this like something else entirely?

Re: Semantic UI

#3

Post by zitterbewegung » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 3:40 AM UTC

inputcoffee wrote: post #2

What is the best way to think of this. Is this like Twitter Bootstrap and Zurb Foundation, or is this like something else entirely?

It's like Twitter Bootstrap where the classes are named after the functionality you are adding to the div. For example a div of an container of three buttons has two classes (three and buttons).

Re: Semantic UI

#4

Post by sheeshkebab » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 3:41 AM UTC

This doesn't work well on mobile - on iOS at least... scrolling is funny, flickering screens, jerky inputs. Loading feels slow too - and I'm on wifi.

Re: Semantic UI

#5

Post by ukyrgf » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 3:43 AM UTC

inputcoffee wrote: post #2

What is the best way to think of this. Is this like Twitter Bootstrap and Zurb Foundation, or is this like something else entirely?

This is the step between making prototypes with Bootstrap/Foundation and turning those classes/mixins into a final working application. You don't want your final build to have a bunch of 'col-md-6' class names.

Re: Semantic UI

#6

Post by dawnerd » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 3:45 AM UTC

sheeshkebab wrote: post #4

This doesn't work well on mobile - on iOS at least... scrolling is funny, flickering screens, jerky inputs. Loading feels slow too - and I'm on wifi.

It feels like they added their own smooth scrolling in. I barely scrolled and it shot to the bottom of the page in iOS.

Re: Semantic UI

#7

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 3:46 AM UTC

inputcoffee wrote: post #2

What is the best way to think of this. Is this like Twitter Bootstrap and Zurb Foundation, or is this like something else entirely?

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Re: Semantic UI

#8

Post by taeric » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 3:46 AM UTC

I alternate between thinking this sort of thing is merely misguided, or merely a waste of time.

I want to like it, a lot. But I can't help feeling that this ship sailed years ago.

Simple UIs that are easy to interpret are a thing of the nineties. We left them because we evidently didn't realize what we had. Also, people like flashy things. A lot.

Re: Semantic UI

#9

Post by djs070 » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 3:46 AM UTC

dawnerd wrote: post #6

sheeshkebab wrote: post #4

This doesn't work well on mobile - on iOS at least... scrolling is funny, flickering screens, jerky inputs. Loading feels slow too - and I'm on wifi.

It feels like they added their own smooth scrolling in. I barely scrolled and it shot to the bottom of the page in iOS.

Gosh that irritates me - does that mean that the "tap just above the clock to return to top" doesn't work?

Edit: just checked, and yes it does. Also breaks the pattern where iOS shrinks the address bar and navigation bar when you scroll down. Completely unacceptable for a UI library to break these OS-level patterns

Re: Semantic UI

#10

Post by debacle » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 3:47 AM UTC

Seems like a next evolution of Bootstrap components. The trick with this type of stuff is always in how it plays with other frameworks. Can I drop into jQuery if I need to, and still interact easily with controls? Is there some obscene DOM skeletons in the closet that's going to bite me in the ass later?