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Re: Bootstrap 2.2.2 is out

#21

Post by sontek »

coderdude wrote: post #5
philfreo wrote: post #4

Assets (illustrations and examples) are now retina-ready. Too bad this is for the documentation pages only and doesn't include bundled icons. :( http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/base-css.html#icons

Bootstrap was going to ditch Glyphicons (and IE7 support) with 2.2.2[1] but it looks like they're either holding off on that or they changed their mind. I recommend using Font Awesome[2] instead of Glyphicons. [1] http://blog.getbootstrap.com/2012/11/09/glyphicons-font/ [2] http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/

We use fontawesome as well, it makes your site look much nicer.

You can also use http://retinajs.com/ to scale stuff up if you want.

Re: Bootstrap 2.2.2 is out

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Post by J-H »

sontek wrote: post #19
markdotto wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does use Sass, but was released after Bootstrap.

Bootstrap came out of Zurb, Mark worked with them and learned everything, and then when he went to Twitter he re-used a bunch of zurb to create the first version of bootstrap. Discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4588053

Do you realize you are replying to the Mark you're referencing in your comment?

Re: Bootstrap 2.2.2 is out

#23

Post by wiradikusuma »

sontek wrote: post #21
coderdude wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bootstrap was going to ditch Glyphicons (and IE7 support) with 2.2.2[1] but it looks like they're either holding off on that or they changed their mind. I recommend using Font Awesome[2] instead of Glyphicons. [1] http://blog.getbootstrap.com/2012/11/09/glyphicons-font/ [2] http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/

We use fontawesome as well, it makes your site look much nicer. You can also use http://retinajs.com/ to scale stuff up if you want.

Even better, pack your own custom glyphs from icomoon.io.

Re: Bootstrap 2.2.2 is out

#24

Post by ahoge »

jsdalton wrote: post #12
KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #6

While Bootstrap is "great" it really needs a viable competitor. There's a tons of things that could be done better. The competitor must be really nice looking by default, responsive, use Stylus/Sass not LESS, and be modular. There isn't one today, but I hope there will be one in 2013.

> use Stylus/Sass not LESS I really like LESS. What am I missing out on?

Compass (which was built on top of Sass) does sprite sheet generation and cache busting. It's also shipped with a bunch of pre-defined CSS3 mixins.

Sass also allows you to put media queries inside your rule blocks. (In the future, this will be also possible in regular CSS.)

Re: Bootstrap 2.2.2 is out

#25

Post by cvrajeesh »

lemieux wrote: post #7
KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #6

While Bootstrap is "great" it really needs a viable competitor. There's a tons of things that could be done better. The competitor must be really nice looking by default, responsive, use Stylus/Sass not LESS, and be modular. There isn't one today, but I hope there will be one in 2013.

What about Zurb Foundation?

I really liked Foundation framework. It is responsive by default, now it my first choice for public facing site. Bootstrap I use mainly for for admin interface.

Re: Bootstrap 2.2.2 is out

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Post by idan »

KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #6

While Bootstrap is "great" it really needs a viable competitor. There's a tons of things that could be done better. The competitor must be really nice looking by default, responsive, use Stylus/Sass not LESS, and be modular. There isn't one today, but I hope there will be one in 2013.

Zurb Foundation. (http://foundation.zurb.com)

Re: Bootstrap 2.2.2 is out

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Post by zupreme »

idan wrote: post #26
KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #6

While Bootstrap is "great" it really needs a viable competitor. There's a tons of things that could be done better. The competitor must be really nice looking by default, responsive, use Stylus/Sass not LESS, and be modular. There isn't one today, but I hope there will be one in 2013.

Zurb Foundation. ( http://foundation.zurb.com )

Thanks for posting this. I have never heard of ZURB Foundation before, but it looks like exactly what I need for an upcoming project. Thanks again!

Re: Bootstrap 2.2.2 is out

#28

Post by SkyMarshal »

jsdalton wrote: post #12
KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #6

While Bootstrap is "great" it really needs a viable competitor. There's a tons of things that could be done better. The competitor must be really nice looking by default, responsive, use Stylus/Sass not LESS, and be modular. There isn't one today, but I hope there will be one in 2013.

> use Stylus/Sass not LESS I really like LESS. What am I missing out on?

Fwiw, here's why Bootstrap uses LESS instead Stylus/Sass:

http://www.quora.com/Bootstrap-front-end-framework/Why-did-T...

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