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why this instead of bootstrap?
by volaski 13y ago
why this instead of bootstrap?
- swalsh 13y agoI for one am really happy when someone decides to develop an alternative to a popular product.
- sergiotapia 13y agoYou might want something with a more discrete look, such as Topcoat's. Options are fantastic. Who loses? It's a win-win.
- simonbrown 13y agoIt might be better as a Bootstrap theme, so that people can easily switch between them.
- alan_cx 13y agoWonderful. If there is a thread about bootstrap, some one posts "why must everything be bootstrap?" Get a thread about a bootstrap alternative and...... bingo!!!! (Not having a go at you personally, Im sure your question was genuine. Just making general observation of the irony)
- volaski 13y agoyes it was a genuine question. i guess i should have phrased it differently. I just wanted to know the difference (or benefit of this over bootstrap). I mean if a wheel is being re-invented, there's gotta be a reason behind it. (I guess "because I can" could be an answer, but I was looking for some good answer)
- JoeKM 13y agoMy problem with your question is the evergrowing lack of critical thinking on HN. I think even PG has eluded to it. What's the difference from Bootstrap? Why don't you view its source? Read through the framework's documentation? For one the default styling is significantly different than Bootstrap. The one thing I fondly miss about Slashdot is people would liberally tell you to RTFM when you asked something obvious that could have been answered by reading the article posted.
- gnaritas 13y agoThen go back to slashdot and be rude there.
- JoeKM 13y agoSuggesting someone to apply critical thinking is anything but. Your confrontational attitude is though. Another thing becoming of HN.
- seferphier 13y agoyou are being rude in the first place. You could have framed your comment better. quit HN if this community is disturbing you so much. I disagree with your original comment. Yes, we can read the source. Yes, we can analyze it ourselves. But time is limited to all of us. The product should state exactly how it is different with the competition and why we should pick it. This is similar to how pg asks startups to describe themselves in one simple sentence. You don't tell pg that he lacks critical thinking for not reading my website. Stating how you are different gives the customers focus. If you state that you are different because of X then you can go into the code and look at X particularly.
- volaski 13y agoYes I do that when it's apparent that it's worth my time. When I come across a new technology which I don't really get the point of (like this one), I ask around first instead of wasting my time to go through viewing the source and stuff. That's what most people who respect their own time do.
- alan_cx 13y agoFair question, and I would suggest this: I think a good enough reason is because some one could. No reason why some one cant just say; I can do that too, and I know lots of people say they would like an alternative, so lets just give it a go and see if any one likes it enough to use. And for me, that's good enough. Giving it a go for no obvious reason is the blood of a "hacker", IMHO. Its the doing of it that is of value. One learns form the experience.
- akurilin 13y agoAren't these guys positioning themselves as being more lightweight? Bootstrap can be pretty rough on mobile devices in certain situations.
- ___dam___ 13y agoTopcoat is targeting installed applications. Meaning desktop packaged apps and mobile applications using web standards. Bootstrap is AMAZING for web sites and browser based apps.