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One side effect of Bootstrap (from having some experience with it) is that I can almost instantly tell which site is using bootstrap. I am not sure if its a go

by pavs 13y ago

One side effect of Bootstrap (from having some experience with it) is that I can almost instantly tell which site is using bootstrap. I am not sure if its a good thing if more sites starts to look very similar or have similar design elements.

imjared 13y ago
I'd implore you to take a look at a gallery of sites built with bootstrap: http://builtwithbootstrap.com http://builtwithbootstrap.com. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to find that not all sites built with Bootstrap follow the default mold of a thin 100%-width black navigation bar across the top with white background. Sure, there are lots that have that layout, but as developers learn more about Bootstrap, the sites that use it as their underlying framework are definitely diversifying.
- pavs 13y ago
  Oh I have seen builtwithbootstrap before and its a wonderful gallery and example of what you can do with bootstrap, but I was mainly talking about the lazy one who just stick with the default designs and I seem to be seeing them more lately.
- alan_cx 13y ago
  What one can do is rarely what one does do.
willholloway 13y ago
Take a look at my personal site without checking the source: http://willholloway.net/ http://willholloway.net/ Can you instantly tell if it was built with boostrap?
- NoodleIncident 13y ago
  Yes. The buttons on the bottom give it away. Critiques: The site looks bad on a sideways phone due to premature responsive design. I had to flip to vertical to actually see anything. More importantly, after scrolling to the bottom and clicking the 'up' button, it took about 25 back-button taps to get back here. Don't mess with URLs, please.
  - mindcrime 13y ago
    More importantly, after scrolling to the bottom and clicking the 'up' button, it took about 25 back-button taps to get back here. Don't mess with URLs, please. Yeah, please don't break the back button. That's one of the surest ways to guarantee that I won't be visiting your site again.
- r0s 13y ago
  Yes, the buttons on the contact area. Also, the skewed proportions of these elements: http://i.imgur.com/mGnCSp6.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mGnCSp6.jpg on one resolution leads me to think you're relying on a grid framework,(in this case bootstrap) perhaps too much.
- willholloway 13y ago
  Update: Thanks for the feedback, I agree that the internal url changes on scrolling is undesirable and removed that. It's popular right now for single page sites, but it does break the back button. The feedback was good and helped me improve my site a bit. The benefits of Bootstrap here for me was that it and a sub $20 theme from wrapbootsrap.com let me put up a very nice looking site that works very well cross platform in a couple hours and does not look bootstrappy at all. The icon distortion for a rarely used resolution isn't the fault of bootstrap, and could be fixed with a small css change. Those icons are temporary and not worth changing right now. HN seems to really look for the negative and avoid the benefits lately.

by pavs 13y ago

imjared 13y ago

I'd implore you to take a look at a gallery of sites built with bootstrap: http://builtwithbootstrap.com http://builtwithbootstrap.com. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to find that not all sites built with Bootstrap follow the default mold of a thin 100%-width black navigation bar across the top with white background. Sure, there are lots that have that layout, but as developers learn more about Bootstrap, the sites that use it as their underlying framework are definitely diversifying.

pavs 13y ago
Oh I have seen builtwithbootstrap before and its a wonderful gallery and example of what you can do with bootstrap, but I was mainly talking about the lazy one who just stick with the default designs and I seem to be seeing them more lately.
alan_cx 13y ago
What one can do is rarely what one does do.

willholloway 13y ago

Take a look at my personal site without checking the source: http://willholloway.net/ http://willholloway.net/ Can you instantly tell if it was built with boostrap?

NoodleIncident 13y ago
Yes. The buttons on the bottom give it away. Critiques: The site looks bad on a sideways phone due to premature responsive design. I had to flip to vertical to actually see anything. More importantly, after scrolling to the bottom and clicking the 'up' button, it took about 25 back-button taps to get back here. Don't mess with URLs, please.
- mindcrime 13y ago
  More importantly, after scrolling to the bottom and clicking the 'up' button, it took about 25 back-button taps to get back here. Don't mess with URLs, please. Yeah, please don't break the back button. That's one of the surest ways to guarantee that I won't be visiting your site again.
r0s 13y ago
Yes, the buttons on the contact area. Also, the skewed proportions of these elements: http://i.imgur.com/mGnCSp6.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mGnCSp6.jpg on one resolution leads me to think you're relying on a grid framework,(in this case bootstrap) perhaps too much.
willholloway 13y ago
Update: Thanks for the feedback, I agree that the internal url changes on scrolling is undesirable and removed that. It's popular right now for single page sites, but it does break the back button. The feedback was good and helped me improve my site a bit. The benefits of Bootstrap here for me was that it and a sub $20 theme from wrapbootsrap.com let me put up a very nice looking site that works very well cross platform in a couple hours and does not look bootstrappy at all. The icon distortion for a rarely used resolution isn't the fault of bootstrap, and could be fixed with a small css change. Those icons are temporary and not worth changing right now. HN seems to really look for the negative and avoid the benefits lately.