The frameworks that people really like are things like emacs and xmonad. That is to say, the framework is opinionated enough that you are writing configuration

The frameworks that people really like are things like emacs and xmonad. That is to say, the framework is opinionated enough that you are writing configuration not applications but also flexible enough that your configuration can be completely arbitrary. Many frameworks are too close to being libraries while still being frameworks, so you lose your control for a dubious return (you don't start with working software and tweak it, rather you have to build from scratch inside of someones else's paradigm).