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Flat UI was Released - Framework for Designers and Developers,based on Bootstrap

47 points by SmeelBe 13y ago

Prototyping just got easier and faster with Designmodo's release of Flat UI Pro, a user interface kit made in the flat design style. The stunning kit contains basic components, glyphs, icons and a variety of buttons and other elements made in the super-trendy style.<p>The Bootstrap-based kit contains everything a designer or developer needs to build a fully-responsive website in no time. (No dual prototyping here!)

AliEzer 13y ago
Looks cool and all, but $149 for a Bootstrap theme seems a bit overpriced.
- grimtrigger 13y ago
  $149 is definitely overpriced, especially considering there is already a free one, a bit skinnier on the features. http://littlesparkvt.com/flatstrap/index.html http://littlesparkvt.com/flatstrap/index.html
f4stjack 13y ago
I really can't see the point. I would definitely pay for a frontend framework which makes me design in less time and focus more on backend coding but from what I have seen this is just a... bootstrap theme with a psd, without offering anything more than bootstrap goodness.
- designhacker 13y ago
  It's tough to shell in $150 for a product that is simply putting a flat skin over bootstrap items, but I guess there is a market for that.
  - designhacker 13y ago
    I've been using a free bootstrap UI toolkit from http://guitoolkits.com/bootstrap-gui-toolkit/ http://guitoolkits.com/bootstrap-gui-toolkit/. They seem to have it for different tools (including powerpoint).
marcusy86 13y ago
Very professional work. Now Twitter bootstrap has DESIGN. Very good responsive, impressive.
gary4gar 13y ago
Not open source. Its a paid product?
- reybango 13y ago
  Does that matter?
  - xauronx 13y ago
    You expect us to PAY for people's hard work? wtf is this? /sarcasm
philbarr 13y ago
I wanted to know what the differences were between "Personal License" and "Business License" but eventually had to click "Buy" in order to find out. Except I couldn't find out because it hung so long I got bored. High load at the moment because of HN?
- Spiritus 13y ago
  From their Twitter: HUH, server hard working now, sorry for loading delay!
felipebueno 13y ago
Very neat design. Is there a Wordpress theme?
- deleted 13y ago
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- chrisfarms 13y ago
  Well it's a bootstrap theme... so you could use something like http://320press.com/wpbs/ http://320press.com/wpbs/ and replace the assets.
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rolmos 13y ago
I will never trust Designmodo for all the spamming they've continuously done on Reddit, where I used to moderate /r/webdesign We're talking about dozens of dozens of accounts used for the sole purpose of spamming multiple subreddits. I've been reporting those accounts for months, and most are banned, only to have dozens more created in their place. http://www.reddit.com/domain/designmodo.com http://www.reddit.com/domain/designmodo.com Just click on most user account names. Most are either banned, or submit exclusively for designmodo.com. That, paired with them ripping off other people's designs for this theme, makes me recommend people to stay away from anything associated with this site.
- Uchikoma 13y ago
  "That, paired with them ripping off other people's designs for this theme, makes me recommend people to stay away from anything associated with this site." For such accusations it would be good to provide links and sources.
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  - nchlswu 13y ago
    LayerVault issued a DMCA Takedown because of it [1]. They did it because there were some assets that appear to be directly stolen [2] and were subsequently changed after the DMCA takedown. In the discussion threads, you'll find a lot of discussion about what was legally justifiable and whether something was ripped off or not. I've often found that there's a dichotomy between certain views for those who are more designer versus those that are more developer. Take it for what you will. As a designer, it's hard for me to appreciate the theme itself, let alone support someone with such a reputation. To me, they appear to lack any ethos characteristic of a designer...but I digress... [1] HN Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331766 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331766 [2] DesignerNews Discussion: https://news.layervault.com/stories/1992-layervault-whats-up-with-the-dmca https://news.layervault.com/stories/1992-layervault-whats-up... Edited to add the DN discussion link which I seem to have omitted?
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aspratley 13y ago
The open source non 'pro' version? http://designmodo.github.io/Flat-UI/ http://designmodo.github.io/Flat-UI/
- mcescalante 13y ago
  Yeah, this free version was released a few weeks ago along with the subsequent accusations by LayerVault that it steals designs for Flat UI... DMCA thread here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331766 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331766
- grumps 13y ago
  Anyone know the differences between the "pro" and open-source? from at least the demo site the open-source demo page isn't resonsive.
- MasterScrat 13y ago
  Repo here: https://github.com/designmodo/Flat-UI https://github.com/designmodo/Flat-UI
davidw 13y ago
It'd be cool if someone did a twm type flat theme: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Twm.PNG/800px-Twm.PNG http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Twm...
jonespen 13y ago
Took me a while to understand that i had to click on the search button in order to type (probably because of the animated vertical-bar-thing (what is it called?))
techaddict009 13y ago
Page not found !
samdunne 13y ago
Waste of money if you ask me. My opinion of this theme is that it provides a very poor user experience. The buttons do not look clickable at all. Unless you hover over them, which is useless on a mobile device I much prefer Almost flat UI such as Gmail and http://websymphony.net/almost-flat-ui http://websymphony.net/almost-flat-ui

47 points by SmeelBe 13y ago

AliEzer 13y ago

Looks cool and all, but $149 for a Bootstrap theme seems a bit overpriced.

grimtrigger 13y ago
$149 is definitely overpriced, especially considering there is already a free one, a bit skinnier on the features. http://littlesparkvt.com/flatstrap/index.html http://littlesparkvt.com/flatstrap/index.html

f4stjack 13y ago

I really can't see the point. I would definitely pay for a frontend framework which makes me design in less time and focus more on backend coding but from what I have seen this is just a... bootstrap theme with a psd, without offering anything more than bootstrap goodness.

designhacker 13y ago
It's tough to shell in $150 for a product that is simply putting a flat skin over bootstrap items, but I guess there is a market for that.
- designhacker 13y ago
  I've been using a free bootstrap UI toolkit from http://guitoolkits.com/bootstrap-gui-toolkit/ http://guitoolkits.com/bootstrap-gui-toolkit/. They seem to have it for different tools (including powerpoint).

marcusy86 13y ago

Very professional work. Now Twitter bootstrap has DESIGN. Very good responsive, impressive.

gary4gar 13y ago

Not open source. Its a paid product?

reybango 13y ago
Does that matter?
- xauronx 13y ago
  You expect us to PAY for people's hard work? wtf is this? /sarcasm

philbarr 13y ago

I wanted to know what the differences were between "Personal License" and "Business License" but eventually had to click "Buy" in order to find out. Except I couldn't find out because it hung so long I got bored. High load at the moment because of HN?

Spiritus 13y ago
From their Twitter: HUH, server hard working now, sorry for loading delay!

felipebueno 13y ago

Very neat design. Is there a Wordpress theme?

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chrisfarms 13y ago
Well it's a bootstrap theme... so you could use something like http://320press.com/wpbs/ http://320press.com/wpbs/ and replace the assets.

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rolmos 13y ago

I will never trust Designmodo for all the spamming they've continuously done on Reddit, where I used to moderate /r/webdesign We're talking about dozens of dozens of accounts used for the sole purpose of spamming multiple subreddits. I've been reporting those accounts for months, and most are banned, only to have dozens more created in their place. http://www.reddit.com/domain/designmodo.com http://www.reddit.com/domain/designmodo.com Just click on most user account names. Most are either banned, or submit exclusively for designmodo.com. That, paired with them ripping off other people's designs for this theme, makes me recommend people to stay away from anything associated with this site.

Uchikoma 13y ago
"That, paired with them ripping off other people's designs for this theme, makes me recommend people to stay away from anything associated with this site." For such accusations it would be good to provide links and sources.
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]
- nchlswu 13y ago
  LayerVault issued a DMCA Takedown because of it [1]. They did it because there were some assets that appear to be directly stolen [2] and were subsequently changed after the DMCA takedown. In the discussion threads, you'll find a lot of discussion about what was legally justifiable and whether something was ripped off or not. I've often found that there's a dichotomy between certain views for those who are more designer versus those that are more developer. Take it for what you will. As a designer, it's hard for me to appreciate the theme itself, let alone support someone with such a reputation. To me, they appear to lack any ethos characteristic of a designer...but I digress... [1] HN Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331766 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331766 [2] DesignerNews Discussion: https://news.layervault.com/stories/1992-layervault-whats-up-with-the-dmca https://news.layervault.com/stories/1992-layervault-whats-up... Edited to add the DN discussion link which I seem to have omitted?
13y ago

aspratley 13y ago

The open source non 'pro' version? http://designmodo.github.io/Flat-UI/ http://designmodo.github.io/Flat-UI/

mcescalante 13y ago
Yeah, this free version was released a few weeks ago along with the subsequent accusations by LayerVault that it steals designs for Flat UI... DMCA thread here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331766 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331766
grumps 13y ago
Anyone know the differences between the "pro" and open-source? from at least the demo site the open-source demo page isn't resonsive.
MasterScrat 13y ago
Repo here: https://github.com/designmodo/Flat-UI https://github.com/designmodo/Flat-UI

davidw 13y ago

It'd be cool if someone did a twm type flat theme: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Twm.PNG/800px-Twm.PNG http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Twm...

jonespen 13y ago

Took me a while to understand that i had to click on the search button in order to type (probably because of the animated vertical-bar-thing (what is it called?))

techaddict009 13y ago

Page not found !

samdunne 13y ago

Waste of money if you ask me. My opinion of this theme is that it provides a very poor user experience. The buttons do not look clickable at all. Unless you hover over them, which is useless on a mobile device I much prefer Almost flat UI such as Gmail and http://websymphony.net/almost-flat-ui http://websymphony.net/almost-flat-ui