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How does Stripe look "Bootstrappy"? Could you provide a specific example?
by leerob 6y ago
How does Stripe look "Bootstrappy"? Could you provide a specific example?
- amelius 6y agoHey, I'm not a designer so not sure what you would like to see. But as a user, it's the general "feel" I get when I visit a website. I'm thinking that the web is converging to a specific style which was initiated by Bootstrap, and Stripe's style is mostly a step in that same direction and certainly not orthogonal to it. Just my opinion of course.
- leerob 6y agoThis post was originally written in 2017. Since then, many sites have copied Stripe's design––almost exactly in some cases. I'd argue they started a trend and others have since followed. Yes, Bootstrap helped introduce specific patterns. But Stripe's execution of those design patterns was 10x.
- amelius 6y agoI'm certainly not going to argue about who was first, but if they really want to stand out design-wise perhaps it's time for a new style?
- leerob 6y agoCheck out their new documentation format: https://twitter.com/patrickc/status/1253031147459604482 https://twitter.com/patrickc/status/1253031147459604482 They're using their design resources on product & documentation updates, which I can appreciate.
- mitchdoogle 6y agoBootstrap is just a set of building blocks. If you look at the [bootstrap examples page](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.4/examples/ https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.4/examples/), you'll see 8 different pages that all look very different. The only thing that unites them is a color scheme. This comment seems to me like going to the bookstore and lamenting that all the books look the same because they have their spine on the left, barcode on the back, and a blurb about the author on the inside back cover.
- mitchdoogle 6y agoBootstrap is just a set of building blocks. If you look at the bootstrap examples page (https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.4/examples/ https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.4/examples/), you'll see 8 different pages that all look very different. The only thing that unites them is a color scheme. This comment seems to me like going to the bookstore and lamenting that all the books look the same because they have their spine on the left, barcode on the back, and a blurb about the author on the inside back cover.
- iamacyborg 6y agoI'd argue that the design language they pioneered has now become ubiqitous as everyone seeks to emulate them.
- gffrd 6y ago"Pioneered" might be a bit generous …
- three_seagrass 6y agoIIRC Bootstrap was the first responsive framework that exploded when everyone was struggling to get mobile compatible websites. There were others but Bootstrap was lightweight and easy to use, so much so that I, with no frontend experience at the time, could use it to hack together pages for some of my projects.
- ebg13 6y agoFrom top to bottom: Sweeping gradients in narrow palette (around Twitter blue, heh). Undifferentiated top bar. Call to action with two buttons. Blurbs. Widgets with drop shadows. As seen on TV. Want more? Contact sales. Sitemap.
- ebg13 6y agoAlso padding as far as the eye can see.
- nwsm 6y agoThe navbar, "new" badge, hero banner, and (slightly) rounded colorful buttons are all individually similar to how you often see those components used in Bootstrap. But in general and in one word, I think it's padding. Most modern design systems spread things out a good bit, and we see that in the navbar items and in the space around the hero. In total they are showing 6 links, 3 sentences, and 2 buttons, and are taking up a full screen. That's not something you'd see on a 2010 website.