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Back when Bootstrap 2 was the most popular UI library one of the biggest problems with it was that the defaults were good enough that no one changed them, and c
by onion2k 5y ago
Back when Bootstrap 2 was the most popular UI library one of the biggest problems with it was that the defaults were good enough that no one changed them, and consequently every SaaS startup's product looked the same for about 5 years. Pushing people to tweak things while still giving them a solid foundation is a good thing.
I'm not saying that's necessarily the case here, but there is a strong argument in favor of not making the default theme for a UI library look perfect.
- hashedout 5y agoThis argument makes perfect sense. The easy adoption that never gets updated in future sounds bland.
- jhgb 5y ago> the defaults were good enough that no one changed them, and consequently every SaaS startup's product looked the same for about 5 years Sounds like native GUI experience on Mac or Windows for quite some time, then? I'm certainly not offended when all buttons look the same. At least I immediately know that they're buttons.
- mosburger 5y agoI still think about the quote I once heard around that era... "Made with Bootstrap" is the "ft. Pitbull" of web design.
- breakfastduck 5y agoI take it you dislike native software then...
- onion2k 5y agoI'd do 100% of my job in a browser if I had the option.