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"Ignore advanced web developers complaining about ‘not another Bootstrap website’" I agree. It's your customers that matter. And unless you're building a produc

by joedev 14y ago

"Ignore advanced web developers complaining about ‘not another Bootstrap website’" I agree. It's your customers that matter. And unless you're building a product for advanced web developers, pleasing them should be no matter to you. I've shown Bootstrap sites to non-developers and the response is usually that the sites look nice. Never has it been "ug. boostrap?".

aioprisan 14y ago
or just install/customize a nice theme on top and you're set.
michaelbuckbee 14y ago
We run the resource page listed in the article [1] and as a result of that it is quite possible I've looked at more sites built with Bootstrap than even the creators. From this I've really found two things: One, I think there is some massive confirmation bias at work. If a site customizes Bootstrap and it looks nice nobody credits it as a 'Bootstrap Looking' site, so as a result it is only when the defaults are used that people really pick up on it. Second, the alternative to a site built with Bootstrap is typically not a beautiful custom designed front end, but a pretty rough looking unstyled, inconsistent mess. Bootstrap is the new baseline for what a website should look like, it should be customized, it can be improved but there is now zero excuse for it looking worse. 1 - http://www.bootstraphero.com/the-big-badass-list-of-twitter-bootstrap-resources http://www.bootstraphero.com/the-big-badass-list-of-twitter-...
- alanmeaney 14y ago
  totally agree that it should be the baseline. I have signed up for your beta :)
- MaysonL 14y ago
  Re: bootstraphero.com Ugh. Really. Hate the fonts (Mainly the bold condensed ones). Hate the color scheme(Yellow text on a grey-green background? Seriously? It actually looks reasonable with the colors inverted[cmd-option-control-8 on OSX]). Slow to load, at least the first time. And socialist realism posters have very bad connotations, no matter how hiply ironic you find them.
  - coderdude 14y ago
    Is this how you talk to people? You could have stated the same opinions without intentionally being offensive.
  - jtreminio 14y ago
    Seriously? Socialist realism? http://www.impawards.com/2004/posters/incredibles_ver2.jpg http://www.impawards.com/2004/posters/incredibles_ver2.jpg
vicks711 14y ago
Completely agree. Proof of the pudding is in eating it. If a bootstrap website gets customers then the job is done.

by joedev 14y ago

aioprisan 14y ago

or just install/customize a nice theme on top and you're set.

michaelbuckbee 14y ago

We run the resource page listed in the article [1] and as a result of that it is quite possible I've looked at more sites built with Bootstrap than even the creators. From this I've really found two things: One, I think there is some massive confirmation bias at work. If a site customizes Bootstrap and it looks nice nobody credits it as a 'Bootstrap Looking' site, so as a result it is only when the defaults are used that people really pick up on it. Second, the alternative to a site built with Bootstrap is typically not a beautiful custom designed front end, but a pretty rough looking unstyled, inconsistent mess. Bootstrap is the new baseline for what a website should look like, it should be customized, it can be improved but there is now zero excuse for it looking worse. 1 - http://www.bootstraphero.com/the-big-badass-list-of-twitter-bootstrap-resources http://www.bootstraphero.com/the-big-badass-list-of-twitter-...

alanmeaney 14y ago
totally agree that it should be the baseline. I have signed up for your beta :)
MaysonL 14y ago
Re: bootstraphero.com Ugh. Really. Hate the fonts (Mainly the bold condensed ones). Hate the color scheme(Yellow text on a grey-green background? Seriously? It actually looks reasonable with the colors inverted[cmd-option-control-8 on OSX]). Slow to load, at least the first time. And socialist realism posters have very bad connotations, no matter how hiply ironic you find them.
- coderdude 14y ago
  Is this how you talk to people? You could have stated the same opinions without intentionally being offensive.
- jtreminio 14y ago
  Seriously? Socialist realism? http://www.impawards.com/2004/posters/incredibles_ver2.jpg http://www.impawards.com/2004/posters/incredibles_ver2.jpg

vicks711 14y ago

Completely agree. Proof of the pudding is in eating it. If a bootstrap website gets customers then the job is done.