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Re: Bootstrap 3

#51

Post by bmelton »

girvo wrote: post #32

Man, I feel weird. I used BS2 temporarily, but then stripped it out for a straight reset and grid system. Old habits die hard, I guess, and what I Want from a UI doesn't always match Bootstraps ideas... I'll give this another shot for my startup prototype, but I have a feeling the same will happen. Is anyone else like that, or am I now old-school at the ripe age of 22?

If you're just using it for the minimal things, then you might look at the highly underrated Skeleton (http://getskeleton.com). It's got a reset, grid, forms and typography, but all are fairly minimalist, easy to override, etc.

I'd recommend Foundation as an alternative too, but that one's already been suggested. It's also very good, but slightly heavier-weight than Skeleton.

Re: Bootstrap 3

#52

Post by nahname »

jaredmcateer wrote: post #48
nahname wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I checked it out for that reason. Then I found a number of social images and began wondering why a lightweight CSS framework needed images for facebook, twitter, etc...

You mean the Social Icons in the Add-ons section? You don't need to include those, in fact, I believe they are opt-in, not opt-out.

Just checked and you are correct.

Re: Bootstrap 3

#53

Post by juandopazo »

girvo wrote: post #32

Man, I feel weird. I used BS2 temporarily, but then stripped it out for a straight reset and grid system. Old habits die hard, I guess, and what I Want from a UI doesn't always match Bootstraps ideas... I'll give this another shot for my startup prototype, but I have a feeling the same will happen. Is anyone else like that, or am I now old-school at the ripe age of 22?

You should also take a look at Pure[1]. It's a series of minimal components to help you get started.

[1] http://purecss.io/

Re: Bootstrap 3

#54

Post by aioprisan »

bmelton wrote: post #51
girvo wrote: post #32

Man, I feel weird. I used BS2 temporarily, but then stripped it out for a straight reset and grid system. Old habits die hard, I guess, and what I Want from a UI doesn't always match Bootstraps ideas... I'll give this another shot for my startup prototype, but I have a feeling the same will happen. Is anyone else like that, or am I now old-school at the ripe age of 22?

If you're just using it for the minimal things, then you might look at the highly underrated Skeleton ( http://getskeleton.com ). It's got a reset, grid, forms and typography, but all are fairly minimalist, easy to override, etc. I'd recommend Foundation as an alternative too, but that one's already been suggested. It's also very good, but slightly heavier-weight than Skeleton.

is this still being developed? there hasn't been a new version out in more than a year

Re: Bootstrap 3

#55

Post by steveklabnik »

nahname wrote: post #47
steveklabnik wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is an image gallery plugin that I use that secretly downloads its own latest version of bootstrap, which can conflict with the one you have loaded, breaking everything :(

It must be a very good library to be chosen in spite of that behaviour.

As you might tell by my :(, I wasn't aware that it did this until quite recently. When it broke my site.

Re: Bootstrap 3

#57

Post by wiremine »

saurabhnanda wrote: post #56

Is it just me or do flat styles actually have worse usability? There's absolutely no visual cue for what's clickable and what's not.

Yeah, I agree. A good case-in-point is the new button groups.

Here is 2.3.2: http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/components.html#buttonGroups

And here are groups in 3: http://getbootstrap.com/components/#btn-groups

There _is_ a rollover state, but it doesn't really convey it is a button anymore.

Re: Bootstrap 3

#58

Post by GoNB »

thejosh wrote: post #8
scrrr wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what. Now all the people that haven't seen it will notice. heh

It's still on the second page of HN, was on the frontpage for a while.

I guess it goes to show front end design is one of the most controversial topics on HN. On GitHub, Bootstrap has maintained an almost permanent position in the daily top ranked repos.

Re: Bootstrap 3

#59

Post by epmatsw »

adventured wrote: post #35
db-dzine wrote: post #14

wtf is wrong with the button ... srsly. http://s14.directupload.net/images/130729/kassm787.png

I'm on Firefox 22, and the same thing happens here. Mouse over download button, click it, download pop-up appears, click cancel on the download, button disappears. It re-appears upon giving focus back to the page.

Still happens in FF 25 nightly as well.
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