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Groundwork - A Responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework

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Re: Groundwork - A Responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework

#32

This is not a criticism of this project specifically, but I feel like when you come out with a framework like this you should have a big "Why you should use Framework XYZ instead of Boostrap" section somewhere, because this is the main question most people will have.

This uses Sass, Bootstrap uses Less.

Its pretty easy to switch that now https://github.com/thomas-mcdonald/bootstrap-sass

Re: Groundwork - A Responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework

#33

Using Safari 6.0.2, clicking on the first input on this page crashes Safari with a speed and efficiency that can only be admired. http://groundwork.sidereel.com/?url=tooltips-js I wish Safari could shut down that quickly when I manually quit. No problem with Chrome.

I thought you were exaggerating. I barely finish clicking the mouse before the entire program gives up.

Re: Groundwork - A Responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework

#34
Well I found this framework quite interesting, I don't want Bootstrap's visuals and baggage so I found this very appealing, the grid system is robust and appears to solve my problem which Bootstrap doesn't easily. As for the visuals, well I'm of the opinion that they don't need to look good to be good. Visuals designers usually aren't good at making generic frameworks, it is more of a programmer's undertaking to distill HTML & CSS into it's reusable parts, so for a framework to look good out of the box it needs both skill sets from it's developers.

Re: Groundwork - A Responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework

#35

This is not a criticism of this project specifically, but I feel like when you come out with a framework like this you should have a big "Why you should use Framework XYZ instead of Boostrap" section somewhere, because this is the main question most people will have.

That is the first thing that crossed my mind after I bookmarked the site.

Re: Groundwork - A Responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework

#36
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I assume Belhor means the UI responsiveness. The :hover transitions are a bit too long for my tastes and it definitely creates a laggy feeling.

Scrolling up and down the page feels a little laggy too (Chrome 24, Win7). Is that a drawback of how the 'responsiveness' is coded?

Going to the URL of the iframe directly is much faster for me: http://groundwork.sidereel.com/home.html

Re: Groundwork - A Responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework

#37

The screen size simulator at the top is a nice touch. It's also amusing that they use the Orbit slider from Zurb, not bad...just amusing.

A glance at their scss https://github.com/groundworkcss/groundwork/tree/master/scss looks very much like foundation

Re: Groundwork - A Responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework

#39

This is not a criticism of this project specifically, but I feel like when you come out with a framework like this you should have a big "Why you should use Framework XYZ instead of Boostrap" section somewhere, because this is the main question most people will have.

The javascript been written properly?

https://github.com/groundworkcss/groundwork/blob/master/js/g...

(joke, joke! Well, no smoke without fire...)

Re: Groundwork - A Responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework

#40
post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This uses Sass, Bootstrap uses Less.

Its pretty easy to switch that now https://github.com/thomas-mcdonald/bootstrap-sass

CMIIW, the project you mentioned is not really usable for customized bootstrap, it's all-or-nothing.

Since I want to include (customized) Bootstrap into Compass but don't use fancy stuff (variables etc), I simply rename bootstrap.css to bootstrap.scss and be done with it.

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