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Bootstrap & templates didn't make web design boring. People using them without much modifications did. I think Bootstrap is trying to offer both an out of the
by mattferderer 8y ago
Bootstrap & templates didn't make web design boring. People using them without much modifications did.
I think Bootstrap is trying to offer both an out of the box template like framework & utility framework in their latest & upcoming releases. Foundation also does this. Whereas something like Tailwind does a nice job of being just a utility framework.
I think there is a lot of value in using any of the above depending on your skill level. They all solve common problems so you don't have to.
A good HTML/CSS designer/developer should have no problem extending & customizing them either so that they don't look like every other site using them. No reason to rebuild everything from scratch.
On an additional note, it depends what the website is trying to mirror as to how you want to layout the content. A news site is often best done similar to a newspaper with nice table like structure.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoBootstrap's long delayed transition away from pixel sizing contributed to the problem.
- extra88 8y agoAnd those who don't modify Bootstrap also probably load the whole damn thing instead of just the parts they're actually using. They use a CDN-hosted copy and say "eh, performance isn't an issue because the files are probably in the user's cache anyway." Except the files aren't in the cache more often than not. Bootstrap has flaws but they keep improving it. A non-professional designer using Bootstrap is a better outcome most of the time compared to no CSS framework or using many of the others.