Funny but these days, I see a lot of sites built using Tailwindui.com and even I was playing around with it to build stuff. If it helps non designers put something up fast, who cares.
Every Fucking Bootstrap Website Ever (2019)
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#72Who cares? Function over form.
The point of Bootstrap was to "make the default web beautiful". The better question is the poster feels the need to piss on everyone else's work.
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#73This takes me back. Around 2014, back when I had no idea how to code, I wanted to make websites. I knew that HTML was a language used to make websites, so I tried to learn that. After a few failed attempts at understanding what I could all do with HTML and CSS, I looked into bootstrap. I knew nothing about it, but it was used on my favorite forum at the time, so it must be good. Looking into bootstrap led me to find templates. In fact, this is the exact template I first used for my personal home page.
It was through this template that I fell in love with just making things, even if it wasn't original, or groundbreaking, it felt good to start digging into code, understanding the recipe behind the product. Here I am now, working on full-fledged software, happier than ever in what I'm doing, and it all started because of "this fucking template".
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#74Just needs a stock photo of some business people shaking hands, and maybe a pic of a laptop with some code and it's all set.
I hope Will Smith slapping Chris Rock becomes one of the main "teamwork" or "synergy" images.
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#75HEY LOOK, IT'S EVERY SUPERMARKET EVER. Huge automatic glass doors, shopping carts, aisles with stuff on shelves. So fucking creative.
or restaurants with plates
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#76This is now Tailwind. Purple everywhere!
I thought they used that purple for examples because it --should-- stop people from copy-pasting examples without making at least that one modification. That you could not paste that into your site and think, "Oh, that's good. Just like that."
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#77Body text shouldn't be centered, it makes it harder to read.
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#78This conflates websites as a medium of art or personal expression vs websites as a medium of business communication. For the latter, I just want to get the point across quickly and painlessly. For the former, everyone is welcome to design whatever they want and consume as much time is required.
No, truly utilitarian websites look and function like this: https://smxi.org/docs/inxi.htm The template in the article is exact opposite. It conveys bloat, unoriginality and impedes efficient communication of information.
That’s not all that functional. The only two links I clicked, changelog and cli options, are just copy and pasted as preformated text that scrolls horizontally.
Putting zero thought behind UX isn’t the pinnacle of UX despite what we celebrate on HN.
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#79Ok, but like, this looks nice? And it works smoothly?
Not everything needs to be novel. It's ok to just be a functional, nice looking, boring basic-bitch website, right?
It might be the pumpkin spice latte of websites, but just because it's popular and basic doesn't mean it's not valuable.
Let people enjoy things.
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#80I'd probably appreciate this humor more if I hadn't experienced the web before design frameworks existed. Bootstrap was a step in the right direction, and while I don't think anyone owes it any level of respect for that, I respect it. And if you've ever had to do literal 'pixel pushing' as part of your job, these frameworks were a godsend. Things were mostly lined up well or could be made to easily, and if anyone had a problem with the way things were lined up, you could blame it on Bootstrap, etc.
Also, people can make uninspired designs with just about any framework.