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Zurb Foundation 5 Released

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Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

#41
I've tried to use Foundation before and it's responsive grid was ghastly. This was the first time I tried anything responsive mind you. So I jumped towards Bootstrap 3 and it's grid was phenomal to use.

Predictable, simple and quick to iterate - everything I wanted.

I'm going to give this release a try. The interchangable items based on device widths looks fantastic! I'm really excited to give Zurb a try. :)

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

#42

Is Foundation better than Bootstrap? I'm genuinely curious, as they seem functionality equivalent. Of course, one uses SASS and one uses LESS. I knew LESS, so I picked Bootstrap. But I'm more than willing to switch.

Where I work, we use LESS. We actually use Foundation (with it's SASS) and put LESS over it and forget Bootstrap.

It's that good.

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

#43
post #3

Is Foundation a "Standard" now?

As much as Bootstrap, I imagine. Not sure if moreso or lessso though. Perhaps different use cases? It looks like developers prefer Bootstrap, not entirely sure why - perhaps something as simple as the documentation is structured better for them - or that was the initial crowd who was exposed to it.

Bootstrap is attached to a big-name company.

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

#44
post #19

Can anyone tell me how to make a split button / dropdown that goes upwards (dropup)? This is one thing bootstrap has which I've been missing in foundation.

This seems a good place to start:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18648307/make-zurb-founda...

https://github.com/jlong/sass-bootstrap/blob/master/lib/_dro...

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

#46

So for the HTML deficient are there any template sites for foundation yet? These exist for bootstrap, and for someone who doesn't have even a single bone of design talent in his body they're a godsend.

I found this even though there is not that many themes yet.

http://www.foundationmade.com

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

#49

I've tried to use Foundation before and it's responsive grid was ghastly. This was the first time I tried anything responsive mind you. So I jumped towards Bootstrap 3 and it's grid was phenomal to use. Predictable, simple and quick to iterate - everything I wanted. I'm going to give this release a try. The interchangable items based on device widths looks fantastic! I'm really excited to give Zurb a try. :)

I've had the same experience. Debugging Foundation's responsive grid turned out to be a nightmare. Just migrated the project to the latest Bootstrap and it's much more intuitive to work with. Also, Foundation has more styling of form elements which gets really annoying really fast.
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