Twitter Bootstrap Expo
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Twitter Bootstrap Expo
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Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo
#2Serious question: what do these sites get from using Bootstrap? I can't see any of Bootstrap's UI elements in use, so is it the grid?
If so, I think something like Susy (http://susy.oddbird.net) is far superior. It's more powerful, and also won't pollute your markup with classes like "col-md-6".
Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo
#3Serious question: what do these sites get from using Bootstrap? I can't see any of Bootstrap's UI elements in use, so is it the grid? If so, I think something like Susy ( http://susy.oddbird.net ) is far superior. It's more powerful, and also won't pollute your markup with classes like "col-md-6".
I don't see why people need to use Bootstrap at all. What's wrong with starting from scratch? Sure, Bootstrap has a lot of best practices you can copy / paste, but so do tons of other boilerplate projects on GitHub.
I also don't see why people need to use grids. Grids are meant for graphic design (ie. http://subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf) and architecture, not CSS. What's wrong with margins, paddings and media queries?
Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo
#4Serious question: what do these sites get from using Bootstrap? I can't see any of Bootstrap's UI elements in use, so is it the grid? If so, I think something like Susy ( http://susy.oddbird.net ) is far superior. It's more powerful, and also won't pollute your markup with classes like "col-md-6".
I don't see why people need to use Bootstrap at all. What's wrong with starting from scratch? Sure, Bootstrap has a lot of best practices you can copy / paste, but so do tons of other boilerplate projects on GitHub. I also don't see why people need to use grids. Grids are meant for graphic design (ie. http://subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf ) and architecture, not CSS. What's wrong with margins, paddings…
Not completely sure if that was serious or sarcastic, but in case that was a real question: The main reason for using a grid is to make sure elements on your page stay aligned vertically and equally distributed horizontally.
If you use separate margins and paddings for each element, there's a bigger risk that you'll mess up and introduce irregularities in the layout.
Of course, maybe you don't want elements to be aligned on your page. In that case, yes, you might not need a grid.
Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo
#5Serious question: what do these sites get from using Bootstrap? I can't see any of Bootstrap's UI elements in use, so is it the grid? If so, I think something like Susy ( http://susy.oddbird.net ) is far superior. It's more powerful, and also won't pollute your markup with classes like "col-md-6".
I don't see why people need to use Bootstrap at all. What's wrong with starting from scratch? Sure, Bootstrap has a lot of best practices you can copy / paste, but so do tons of other boilerplate projects on GitHub. I also don't see why people need to use grids. Grids are meant for graphic design (ie. http://subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf ) and architecture, not CSS. What's wrong with margins, paddings…
Grids are used in typesetting for hundreds of years. Using grids is a best practice to enable manageable but aesthetically pleasing designs.
Grids just make it easy to talk about where to put information on the screen. People could bring their own grids, but often it's easier to just reuse what exists. This is especially true for responsive websites which need more than one fixed-size grid.
Also using a classname convention that is established by Bootstrap or any other CSS-Framework helps to switch styling without having to change a lot in the HTML code.
Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see why people need to use Bootstrap at all. What's wrong with starting from scratch? Sure, Bootstrap has a lot of best practices you can copy / paste, but so do tons of other boilerplate projects on GitHub. I also don't see why people need to use grids. Grids are meant for graphic design (ie. http://subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf ) and architecture, not CSS. What's wrong with margins, paddings…
Not completely sure if that was serious or sarcastic, but in case that was a real question: The main reason for using a grid is to make sure elements on your page stay aligned vertically and equally distributed horizontally. If you use separate margins and paddings for each element, there's a bigger risk that you'll mess up and introduce irregularities in the layout. Of course, maybe you don't want elements to be ali…
Can't you just put those elements in a and manipulate that instead?
Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see why people need to use Bootstrap at all. What's wrong with starting from scratch? Sure, Bootstrap has a lot of best practices you can copy / paste, but so do tons of other boilerplate projects on GitHub. I also don't see why people need to use grids. Grids are meant for graphic design (ie. http://subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf ) and architecture, not CSS. What's wrong with margins, paddings…
Grids are used in typesetting for hundreds of years. Using grids is a best practice to enable manageable but aesthetically pleasing designs. Grids just make it easy to talk about where to put information on the screen. People could bring their own grids, but often it's easier to just reuse what exists. This is especially true for responsive websites which need more than one fixed-size grid. Also using a classname con…
Grids have been used in architecture for thousands of years.
Sure, they might come in handy when drafting your webdesigns in Adobe or whatever, but not in the CSS. Just use your eyes and basic CSS. For true responsive websites, use media queries.
As they say, "perfection is achieved, not when there's nothing left to add, but when there's nothing left to take away".
Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not completely sure if that was serious or sarcastic, but in case that was a real question: The main reason for using a grid is to make sure elements on your page stay aligned vertically and equally distributed horizontally. If you use separate margins and paddings for each element, there's a bigger risk that you'll mess up and introduce irregularities in the layout. Of course, maybe you don't want elements to be ali…
Can't you just put those elements in a and manipulate that instead?
I'm not sure what you think CSS grids are, but you should probably read up a little more on them…
Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo
#9Serious question: what do these sites get from using Bootstrap? I can't see any of Bootstrap's UI elements in use, so is it the grid? If so, I think something like Susy ( http://susy.oddbird.net ) is far superior. It's more powerful, and also won't pollute your markup with classes like "col-md-6".
I don't see why people need to use Bootstrap at all. What's wrong with starting from scratch? Sure, Bootstrap has a lot of best practices you can copy / paste, but so do tons of other boilerplate projects on GitHub. I also don't see why people need to use grids. Grids are meant for graphic design (ie. http://subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf ) and architecture, not CSS. What's wrong with margins, paddings…
> I don't see why people need to use Bootstrap at all.
So you can get your product to market faster.
In many cases, stock Bootstrap ends up being fine to keep even when you're up and running, as 99% of people on the internet don't even know what Bootstrap is, or care, as long as your site works for them.
Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not completely sure if that was serious or sarcastic, but in case that was a real question: The main reason for using a grid is to make sure elements on your page stay aligned vertically and equally distributed horizontally. If you use separate margins and paddings for each element, there's a bigger risk that you'll mess up and introduce irregularities in the layout. Of course, maybe you don't want elements to be ali…
Can't you just put those elements in a and manipulate that instead?
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