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Thank You Bootstrap 1
- gjvc 2y agoVisually, bootstrap 2.23 was peak, before the flat bullshit took hold.
- harlanji 2y agoI'm hearing I need to downgrade the Bootstrap in my suite? (A young addition). Which is great because Bootstrap 2-3, whenever I used it, was pleasant. I wasn't aware of the development timeline, thanks for the lead. Not flat is appealing. I picked ExtJS 2.0.2 for a specific reason, seemingly rando old trusty version as base.
- gjvc 2y agohow does ExtJS 2.0.2 measure up to ExtJS 4.22 in your opinion / experience ?
- evbogue 2y agoAgreed. You don't need a css framework to do a flat UI, just remove all of the borders from every element.
- evbogue 2y agohttp://web.archive.org/web/20120119042311/http://www.getskeleton.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20120119042311/http://www.getskel... was also the peak.
- gedy 2y agoTo be fair, a lot of people miss that Bootstrap is themeable, and what you are complaining about is just the default theme. E.g. check out https://bootswatch.com https://bootswatch.com for examples, many aren't flatsville. I've had confused conversations with UX, etc over the years when they say "We can't use Bootstrap - our colors are totally different!", etc.
- dmix 2y agobootstrap 5.3 optionally supports gradients natively and uses shadows on their homepage https://getbootstrap.com/ https://getbootstrap.com/
- gjvc 2y agonot the same as the classic bootstrap theme from 2.x though is it? if you know otherwise, please correct me.
- gjvc 2y agohttps://bootswatch.com/spacelab/ https://bootswatch.com/spacelab/ is the closest i've found to the original 2.23 theme which was the perfect blend of 3D and colours to my eyes.
- Humphrey 2y agoI clicked this totally expecting this to be somebody still using Bootstrap Version 1.0 haha
- faizmokh 2y agoI was expecting the same too. Somewhat disappointed now.
- ChrisArchitect 2y agoYeah Title of submission probably should be simply Thank You Bootstrap. And next part when it's published add the Part 2 etc.
- danpalmer 2y agoSomething that I've often wished, as a primarily backend focused engineer, often without frontend support, is for designers or perhaps design engineers, to pretty much build Bootstrap themes. That would let me code to the Bootstrap docs (which are pretty good), while allowing us to brand or customise whatever we're working on. I've seen even contract designers push back on this idea, suggesting that doing such a thing is beneath them, and I've heard frontend engineers push back on using Bootstrap as the framework. This has always struck me as odd. From my, admittedly naive, point of view, Bootstrap seems to be a reasonable framework for customisation. I've done this myself in personal projects. It just doesn't seem like others see it as a design system framework in that way. Few teams have capacity to develop their own design systems, but a Bootstrap theme seems to be most of the benefits with not a lot of effort. That said, I've never been particularly enthused with third party Bootstrap themes, they seem to have too much custom work and lock-in. What am I missing? I've not used Tailwind, but it seems like perhaps the goal of Tailwind is to do something similar?
- leoqa 2y agoMost companies will have a team building a component library which is equivalent.
- danpalmer 2y agoFunctionally no companies have a team building component libraries. Tech companies with >100 employees might be more likely to, but that leaves most companies without that team, where they may still benefit from using Bootstrap as the basis for it.
- nullpoint420 2y agoEven those that do use ReactStrap and pretend they made their own design system /shrug
- gedy 2y ago> What am I missing? You're not missing anything, companies like mine have done just this. We supported a messy situation of 7 webapps using different technologies looking 7 different ways. Once we got them to use Bootstrap, was a cinch to consolidate to a single company brand. The "big reskin" UX was gearing up for was as simple as a new theme, and was done without any drama. They were almost disappointed it was so easy, ha. I like Tailwind, but it's a rotten fit for reskinning (not just changing font or colors). I'd much rather have a single .card class, vs "p-3 border-1 shadow-sm rounded-2" or whatever. Not all of us have have the luxury of a single modern app all using the same React components.
- buster 2y agoI can recommend halfmoon css for a visually pleasing nice drop in replacement.
- maxloh 2y agoThat doesn't seem as well-maintained as Bootstrap. The last commit was half a year ago.
- infamia 2y agoI hear ya, but it is CSS so the target doesn't move, Codeberg is using it for their docs [1], and it is easy enough to paper over any problems you might find. Good enough for me. Some might even say the more relaxed release cadence is a feature not a bug. [1] https://github.com/halfmoonui/halfmoon/issues/116#issuecomment-1007654580 https://github.com/halfmoonui/halfmoon/issues/116#issuecomme...
- infamia 2y agoThank you for sharing this link. It is exactly what I hope Bootstrap will become one day.