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Orbit – open-source design system

122 points by kantord 7y ago

phkahler 7y ago
Seriously, what is it? What's a "travel project"?
- optimuspaul 7y ago
  I would assume a project somehow related to travel. Seems fairly self-explanatory, especially if you look at what it contains.
- notlukesky 7y ago
  Well put.
- samschooler 7y ago
  I suspect it means anything related to the travel space. So: ticket website, travel recs, Airbnb clone, tour website, etc.
- ssss11 7y ago
  From the About page, it seems this is an open sourced UI library built by the developers of kiwi.com which apparently creates travel products (still unsure what that is). So the UI components are geared towards a travel product type of website. So its a UI library, theres probably travel niche lingo and components in it.
  - gitgud 7y ago
    Such a weird target audience for what's essentialy a generic UI library
  - agilebyte 7y ago
    Kiwi has rebranded itself from Skypicker. It's a flight (now other modes of transport) search engine.
- starkd 7y ago
  With the images of rockets, it made me think of outer space. Doubt that's really there target audience, but still rather confusing.
- evv 7y ago
  Some of the components are delightfully specific to the travel industry: https://kiwicom.github.io/orbit-components/?path=/story/airportillustration--playground https://kiwicom.github.io/orbit-components/?path=/story/airp... https://kiwicom.github.io/orbit-components/?path=/story/deprecated-tripsector--multiple-days https://kiwicom.github.io/orbit-components/?path=/story/depr...
pottertheotter 7y ago
The website is responsive, but the page is wider than my screen. I have to scroll horizontally to see everything. Not very encouraging for a design system.
- glenngillen 7y ago
  I viewed it in portrait on my phone and was surprised how usable it was. The default display mode isn’t great, but there’s tabs/nav at the bottom to let you see the component canvas or demo and then switch back to the component list.

6 ms·

Orbit – open-source design system

122 points by kantord 7y ago

phkahler 7y ago
Seriously, what is it? What's a "travel project"?
- optimuspaul 7y ago
  I would assume a project somehow related to travel. Seems fairly self-explanatory, especially if you look at what it contains.
- notlukesky 7y ago
  Well put.
- samschooler 7y ago
  I suspect it means anything related to the travel space. So: ticket website, travel recs, Airbnb clone, tour website, etc.
- ssss11 7y ago
  From the About page, it seems this is an open sourced UI library built by the developers of kiwi.com which apparently creates travel products (still unsure what that is). So the UI components are geared towards a travel product type of website. So its a UI library, theres probably travel niche lingo and components in it.
  - gitgud 7y ago
    Such a weird target audience for what's essentialy a generic UI library
  - agilebyte 7y ago
    Kiwi has rebranded itself from Skypicker. It's a flight (now other modes of transport) search engine.
- starkd 7y ago
  With the images of rockets, it made me think of outer space. Doubt that's really there target audience, but still rather confusing.
- evv 7y ago
  Some of the components are delightfully specific to the travel industry: https://kiwicom.github.io/orbit-components/?path=/story/airportillustration--playground https://kiwicom.github.io/orbit-components/?path=/story/airp... https://kiwicom.github.io/orbit-components/?path=/story/deprecated-tripsector--multiple-days https://kiwicom.github.io/orbit-components/?path=/story/depr...
pottertheotter 7y ago
The website is responsive, but the page is wider than my screen. I have to scroll horizontally to see everything. Not very encouraging for a design system.
- glenngillen 7y ago
  I viewed it in portrait on my phone and was surprised how usable it was. The default display mode isn’t great, but there’s tabs/nav at the bottom to let you see the component canvas or demo and then switch back to the component list.