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Creator of Simple.css here. Thanks for all the feedback and comments here, folks. It really is appreciated. I’m not a professional web designer - this just st

by kevq 5y ago

Creator of Simple.css here. Thanks for all the feedback and comments here, folks. It really is appreciated. I’m not a professional web designer - this just started off as a personal project that I ended up publishing as people I shared it with seemed to like it. I’m taking on board the various feedback from people much more knowledgeable than I here, again I really appreciate it. If you do have feedback/changes I’d urge you to log an Issue or a PR on Github[1]. Also great to see so many other minimal CSS projects that I wasn't aware of. I’ll have to add an alternatives page to the site, I think. [1] https://github.com/kevquirk/simple.css https://github.com/kevquirk/simple.css

tgb 5y ago
I was looking for something just like this two weeks ago and came up empty due to Google being filled with just the huge frameworks like bootstrap or with SEO listicles with no content. It's disappointing how hard it can be to find stuff like this. (I guess "classless" is the keyword I wasn't aware of.) Anyway, I'm confused about what makes something a CSS 'framework'. I feel like I just want decent defaults more than a framework, and that seems to be what this basically comes down to. Is there anything else to it?
- kevq 5y ago
  That’s what I see a framework as being - sane defaults. It’s a way to get started quickly without having to write everything from scratch. I would argue that “frameworks” like Bootstrap, Tailwinds and their ilk are more ecosystems than frameworks, but that’s just me. :)
- FrontAid 5y ago
  You can have a look at https://github.com/troxler/awesome-css-frameworks https://github.com/troxler/awesome-css-frameworks which is an extensive collection of CSS frameworks. Check out the "Class-less" section for similar projects. There is also an open PR to add Simple.css to the list: https://github.com/troxler/awesome-css-frameworks/pull/85 https://github.com/troxler/awesome-css-frameworks/pull/85
animesh 5y ago
Hey kevq, thanks for simple.css. I started using it last year on my blog and love it. After some modifications, maintenance work on styles has reduced considerably. Love it, thanks.
- kevq 5y ago
  Really glad you’re enjoying it! :)
swyx 5y ago
ive been collecting a list of alternatives if you wanna pick https://github.com/sw-yx/spark-joy#drop-in-css-frameworks https://github.com/sw-yx/spark-joy#drop-in-css-frameworks (or point to it)
irq-1 5y ago
Forms should support the required attribute, and :optional, :invalid, :valid https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:required https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:required Client-side form validation - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Forms/Form_validation https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Forms/Form_va... Nice work.
UltraViolence 5y ago
Could you make the navigation look more like Bootstrap's NavBar with a simple flat items? The button menu looks weird.

by kevq 5y ago

tgb 5y ago

I was looking for something just like this two weeks ago and came up empty due to Google being filled with just the huge frameworks like bootstrap or with SEO listicles with no content. It's disappointing how hard it can be to find stuff like this. (I guess "classless" is the keyword I wasn't aware of.) Anyway, I'm confused about what makes something a CSS 'framework'. I feel like I just want decent defaults more than a framework, and that seems to be what this basically comes down to. Is there anything else to it?

kevq 5y ago
That’s what I see a framework as being - sane defaults. It’s a way to get started quickly without having to write everything from scratch. I would argue that “frameworks” like Bootstrap, Tailwinds and their ilk are more ecosystems than frameworks, but that’s just me. :)
FrontAid 5y ago
You can have a look at https://github.com/troxler/awesome-css-frameworks https://github.com/troxler/awesome-css-frameworks which is an extensive collection of CSS frameworks. Check out the "Class-less" section for similar projects. There is also an open PR to add Simple.css to the list: https://github.com/troxler/awesome-css-frameworks/pull/85 https://github.com/troxler/awesome-css-frameworks/pull/85

animesh 5y ago

Hey kevq, thanks for simple.css. I started using it last year on my blog and love it. After some modifications, maintenance work on styles has reduced considerably. Love it, thanks.

kevq 5y ago
Really glad you’re enjoying it! :)

swyx 5y ago

ive been collecting a list of alternatives if you wanna pick https://github.com/sw-yx/spark-joy#drop-in-css-frameworks https://github.com/sw-yx/spark-joy#drop-in-css-frameworks (or point to it)

irq-1 5y ago

Forms should support the required attribute, and :optional, :invalid, :valid https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:required https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:required Client-side form validation - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Forms/Form_validation https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Forms/Form_va... Nice work.

UltraViolence 5y ago

Could you make the navigation look more like Bootstrap's NavBar with a simple flat items? The button menu looks weird.