Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback • Hacker News Board

Re: Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback

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Post by ibejoeb » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 8:35 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #17

ibejoeb wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The big one, for me at least, is the move from a 16-column grid to a 12-column grid. I didn't look into the technical differences, just those that would impact development with it. I just converted a ton of stuff (like last week ), so it's pretty fresh in my mind. I feel like I should have checked the wip branch first, but this has really become my favorite kit. I've been about 95% YUI and the remainder OOCSS, and Bo…

I found the dox from Aaron's comment (thanks, everyone!). Bootstrap 2 looks amazing. What's the win going from 16 to 12 columns?

Wondering the same. Sorry, didn't mean to imply it's a win. For me, I'm going to have to adjust a ton of layout. It's probably not all that bad if you've got a decent template structure, though.

It's a headache, but as I was saying, it's so much quicker to work with than many of the others that I might just dedicate some time to do the work and get on board.

Re: Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback

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Post by masonhensley » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 8:39 PM UTC

Link to Bootstrap 2 repo:

https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/tree/2.0-wip

Re: Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback

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Post by plf » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 8:43 PM UTC

Thank you!

Re: Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback

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Post by ddagradi » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 8:49 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #17

ibejoeb wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The big one, for me at least, is the move from a 16-column grid to a 12-column grid. I didn't look into the technical differences, just those that would impact development with it. I just converted a ton of stuff (like last week ), so it's pretty fresh in my mind. I feel like I should have checked the wip branch first, but this has really become my favorite kit. I've been about 95% YUI and the remainder OOCSS, and Bo…

I found the dox from Aaron's comment (thanks, everyone!). Bootstrap 2 looks amazing. What's the win going from 16 to 12 columns?

A 12-column grid lets you easily mix 3-colum and 4-column layouts. A 16-column grid does not.

[edit] Essentially it's more expressive. Another commenter correctly mentioned that it could have the same advantages above for a responsive design. 12-columns allow for greater freedom of expression at all display sizes.

Re: Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback

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Post by RexM » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 8:49 PM UTC

As a developer who just doesn't seem to "get" CSS, I love bootstrap. I can understand how it all works and it's so simple to use and quick to get things up and looking nice.

Thanks so much to the twitter team.

Re: Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback

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Post by mrgreenfur » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 8:52 PM UTC

Bootstrap is incredible. Incredible generosity! Thank you twitter!

Re: Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback

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Post by SkyMarshal » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 9:01 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #17

ibejoeb wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The big one, for me at least, is the move from a 16-column grid to a 12-column grid. I didn't look into the technical differences, just those that would impact development with it. I just converted a ton of stuff (like last week ), so it's pretty fresh in my mind. I feel like I should have checked the wip branch first, but this has really become my favorite kit. I've been about 95% YUI and the remainder OOCSS, and Bo…

I found the dox from Aaron's comment (thanks, everyone!). Bootstrap 2 looks amazing. What's the win going from 16 to 12 columns?

>What's the win going from 16 to 12 columns?

Was wondering that too. First thing that comes to mind is that 12 columnn is more flexible for responsive layouts, which is another big addition in v2.

For example, since 12 is divisible by 3, it's easier to create a responsive site with 3 vertical sections that collapse into a single vertical section on mobile devices. (Like the Less Framework's mobile layout: http://lessframework.com/. Not the best example, I know I've seen a better one, but can't find it atm, but that gives the general idea.).

Don't know for sure if that's the reason, though.

Re: Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback

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Post by tnorthcutt » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 9:03 PM UTC

When you find a bug or have feedback, open a new issue on GitHub. Tag it as 2.0-wip right away so we know to prioritize it.

It seems non-admins cannot tag/label an issue, FYI.

Re: Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback

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Post by evilduck » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 9:03 PM UTC

joshfinnie wrote: post #18

mrchess wrote: post #15

Does anyone know why LESS was picked over SASS for Bootstrap?

I don't know why, but if you are looking for SASS there is a fork: https://github.com/jlong/sass-twitter-bootstrap

I've been using https://github.com/thomas-mcdonald/bootstrap-sass/tree/2.0 for the last few days. I haven't encountered any problems.

A big thanks to Thomas if you read this, a gem is way nicer than converting it myself.

Re: Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback

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Post by ricksta » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 9:05 PM UTC

I used Bootstrap 2 for my weekend Hackathon project. The best feature I find is the media query. Also dividing the grid from 16 to 12 makes dividing the page up into 3 columns possible.