Comment by jaredklewis
10 years ago
I don't see how the uniformity of sites using bootstrap is such a terrible thing.
If we were discussing desktop applications, would you want every application to have it's own set of buttons, dialogs, modals, and UI conventions? All with different color schemes?
Uniformity comes at the expense of design originality, obviously. But it also comes with the benefit of familiarity, which makes it easier for all users to get the information they need or perform the task they came to do, which is usually more important that originality.
You talking communism and evangelising standardisation in the field of art and craft. Imagine all books paperback, is that ok?
Everything can be art, but not everything has to be. I like that every site looks the same because it is a familiar environment and I can focus on doing things.
You're overreacting tho. standardization has nothing to do with communism.
As a front end practitioner, I must defend my point. Otherwise there will be no jobs for me around, everyone will be happy focusing on their tasks. But what to do. Books once had nice initial letters which were difficult to read, but looked great and were object of meditation per se. Over the centuries books became utility, and now you can rarely see even a drop cap, not to say elaborate title glyph. The same appears in the websites look and feel, with greater speed. Although you may be right when you apply your point to the web app, but I completely disagree when we are talking about the visual identity. Identities should never be bootstrapped. And yes, standardisation was one of the pillars of the communism. If you look into the history, you shall see who was the longest seating chairman of the ISO.
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Uniformity of sites using bootstrap is not equivalent to uniformity of all websites, unless you believe all websites use bootstrap. Having a core of websites that use bootstrap and are fairly similar and easy to navigate because of that isn't a bad thing, and it may make the few sites that are novel and really do something new and better easier to spot and appreciate.