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Ink – Interface Kit

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Re: Ink – Interface Kit

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Post by rcarmo »

bbayer wrote: post #22

I like the colors and type of default theme of framework. It really looks neat. On the other hand, used markup looks less than Bootstrap. It definitely could be a selling point. Large screen concept and flexible columns also looks very good. I can give them a try.

Please do, and feel free to file issues on Github: https://github.com/sapo/Ink

Re: Ink – Interface Kit

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Post by desireco42 »

I welcome the intent which I understand is to provide another point of view on css frameworks. Honestly like others, I am a little overwhelmed with multitude of css frameworks. I think the point was to have a framework to provide aggregation and organization of multiple tools you used previously.

For me Bootstrap, Zurb are currently only really interesting in a sense I would use them in projects. For a while I used Skeleton, I think it lost pace a little and I get same benefits with Zurb.

Again, I welcome your vision of organized front-end, would appreciate a page that would outline differences and specific benefits.

Re: Ink – Interface Kit

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Post by rcarmo »

windsurfer wrote: post #35
chrischen wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They support IE7, which I believe Bootstrap 3 has dropped. If you don't do the comparison yourself, you're at risk of losing out.

IE7 was last updated over 3 years ago and doesn't even pass Acid2. Only 1.5% of internet users use IE7, and most of those are probably stuck there due to corporate governance rather than choice.

Like the other guy said, IE7 isn't that rare in Portugal. it's a sensible baseline for SAPO, which, incidentally, runs the biggest web portal in PT (I work there).

And yes, corporate governance regarding browsers does weigh in heavily in mass-market sites here, so we have to make sure the layouts don't break - Ink enables delivering a predictable, working layout that degrades gracefully down to IE7 for that reason.

Re: Ink – Interface Kit

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Post by rcarmo »

aren55555 wrote: post #6
gregorkas wrote: post #3

How is this different from Bootstrap ( http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/ )?

Serves the same purpose (building a UI) but seems to have style differences and a few different JS UI plugins.

Which, incidentally, don't require you to use jQuery. Just sayin'. (it's agnostic).

Re: Ink – Interface Kit

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Post by rcarmo »

ajsharma wrote: post #27

Came across this UI kit a while back. I like their solution of a glossary page to show all classes in use: http://ink.sapo.pt/glossary

You've just made one of our design leads very happy - we're very proud of that page.

Re: Ink – Interface Kit

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Post by pedroscs »

If everyone's wondering how Ink is different from Bootstrap, the answer is: mainly in how Ink builds layouts. Instead of the column span philosophy, Ink uses percentage based blocks. That alone is a big difference.

Re: Ink – Interface Kit

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Post by rcarmo »

film42 wrote: post #14

I think this is cool, so I say good job on that front. But I kind of feel like you're trying to introduce yet another low end sedan. There's already hundreds, and I've already purchased one. It's gonna take at least a few more years for me to be ready to shop for a new one.

Well, we're not actually selling, but rather giving it away :)

Seriously now, it's been in internal use for a good while because it solved problems that Bootstrap didn't address (like the particular grid flavour and some corner cases in responsive layouts), and the best way gather feedback and improve it is, of course, making it public.

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