Semantic UI – A language for sharing UI • Hacker News Board

This is a great idea, however the website needs some work I keep getting struck scrolling because the code boxes have overflow scroll on them. Also the navigation arrows at the top don't work :/

Re: Semantic UI – A language for sharing UI

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Post by rob_mccann » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 4:36 PM UTC

Why does it do away with using for buttons?

Re: Semantic UI – A language for sharing UI

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Post by hablahaha » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 4:43 PM UTC

donpark wrote: post #3

I wouldn't call writing "ui large red labeled icon button" in HTML semantic anything. I'd called it confusing orgy of style and content.

I agree. First of all, why is a ui class necessary? Second, what's large? The icon, the button, the label? All of it? What's red, the icon or the button? Certainly not both. There's a reason we have classes like "btn btn-small icon-* icon-2x". A large icon in a small button. I think those names are more 'semantic'.

Re: Semantic UI – A language for sharing UI

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Post by davej » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 4:46 PM UTC

The bootstrap markup is actually more semantic than Semantic UI. Classes like large, red, floated, right, circular etc.. are presentational not semantic. If you want to use a framework and keep semantic CSS then look in to using the LESS/SASS version of Bootstrap or Foundation.

Edit: After a more detailed look, the framework is actually really nice (and very comprehensive). The name still doesn't make much sense though.

Re: Semantic UI – A language for sharing UI

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Post by zimbatm » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 4:47 PM UTC

Should "large" and "red" really be part of the semantic, or should it be up to the CSS to style the element with appropriate size and color ?

Re: Semantic UI – A language for sharing UI

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Post by _pmf_ » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 4:47 PM UTC

I expected something about declarative, generic UI definitions.

I got a half-hearted lecture about HTML.

Re: Semantic UI – A language for sharing UI

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Post by oneeyedpigeon » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 4:48 PM UTC

The first example claims that "ui three column grid" is semantic. Not in my book.