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Zurb Foundation 5 Released

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Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

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Post by vocino »

baby wrote: post #40

Wow, that was fast ! I love Foundation, but I had to switch to Boostrap because I found it... ugly. And Bootstrap is great to quickly create "pretty" prototypes. But I've always found Foundation having better... foundations. I've used both on numerous projects and here's my take : * The grid system now looks like bootstrap, and I don't like that. You have to choose the type of column you want to use (and I don't want…

Interesting that I prefer Foundation (if I had to choose one or the other) over Bootstrap for exactly that reason: it's uglier.

Whenever I see a new app thingy launch with Bootstrap buttons I cringe a little bit. At least Foundation forces you to make some decisions about how you're presenting things to your users rather than just leaving it how it is (although we've all seen default Foundation apps too).

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

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Post by ollysb »

baby wrote: post #40

Wow, that was fast ! I love Foundation, but I had to switch to Boostrap because I found it... ugly. And Bootstrap is great to quickly create "pretty" prototypes. But I've always found Foundation having better... foundations. I've used both on numerous projects and here's my take : * The grid system now looks like bootstrap, and I don't like that. You have to choose the type of column you want to use (and I don't want…

> I love Foundation, but I had to switch to Boostrap because I found it... ugly.

I consider this is a strength, the styling is thinner so it's easier to customise. Bootstrap can feel like a bit of a battle if you want to customise it a lot. I think bootstrap is perfect for admin pages but for something a bit more custom I think foundation strikes a good balance.

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

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Post by colinramsay »

lowboy wrote: post #39
kyriakos wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe Foundation is much better for front-end design than Bootstrap. The main benefit of Bootstrap is in backend design because it managed to get more popular and consequently its much easier to find 'bootstrap ready' js based widgets etc

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but how does Bootstrap's popularity make it better for backend design?

Backend as in administration systems, rather than frontend which is client-facing?

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

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Post by baby »

ollysb wrote: post #62
baby wrote: post #40

Wow, that was fast ! I love Foundation, but I had to switch to Boostrap because I found it... ugly. And Bootstrap is great to quickly create "pretty" prototypes. But I've always found Foundation having better... foundations. I've used both on numerous projects and here's my take : * The grid system now looks like bootstrap, and I don't like that. You have to choose the type of column you want to use (and I don't want…

> I love Foundation, but I had to switch to Boostrap because I found it... ugly. I consider this is a strength, the styling is thinner so it's easier to customise. Bootstrap can feel like a bit of a battle if you want to customise it a lot. I think bootstrap is perfect for admin pages but for something a bit more custom I think foundation strikes a good balance.

yup, if I want to start a big project from scratch I'll tend towards Foundation.

But if I need to prototype something quickly, make a beautiful admin etc... I'll use Bootstrap. And I'm so used to use bootstrap that I use it for big projects as well now.

Also Bootstrap 3 is a lot easier to customize.

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

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Post by dodyg »

Jgrubb wrote: post #18

On the one hand it's never been a better time to be a front end dev, and on the other it's absolutely crazy how fast front end technology is progressing the last couple years. I just caught on to Foundation 4 in the last 4 months or so, and now here's a new release that's way more evolved. Amazing. Thanks to the Zurb team! I'll definitely be ripping off lots of ideas for my company's tortoise-speed Drupal sites.

Faster iteration isn't necessarily better actually especially if people don't care forward compatibility. Maybe it's just different culture.

For example bootstrap 3 is a breaking upgrade and suddenly your just finished bootstrap 2 is using 'unsupported' framework.

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

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Post by scottyd »

codegeek wrote: post #46
spitfire wrote: post #23

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

FoundationMade owner here. We're still working on adding themes to the collection, but it hasn't been easy. Hopefully with extra attention on Foundation 5 in general it will bring in some extra Foundation theme developers.

Re: Zurb Foundation 5 Released

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Post by rhizome »

vcherubini wrote: post #10

Foundation is without a doubt the nicest CSS framework I have ever used. It really, really helps me, as a programmer, create amazing interfaces without much effort at all. Combined with SASS and it's a winning combination. Can't wait to start playing with version 5.

What would you say the tradeoffs are for that ease of implementation?
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