I just don't get the bootstrap hate. Same buttons and toolbar? Well you see the same buttons and toolbar about every page, in your browser window. It doesn't bother me.
I completely agree. The browser surrounding these fancy web applications hardly changes at all, I don't mind coming across bootstrap wrapping a cool application in the slightest. Nor do I mind finding yet another default Octopress blog.
When I see bootstrap or the default Octopress theme I know:
- it's gonna be readable
- what the buttons will look like
- the typography spacing won't be hideous
- etc.
Frankly, I'm even relieved to see a default theme like Bootstrap instead of the programmer spending a week trying to make a design and failing utterly.
That's fine. I tend to get riled up about it because there's just no variety. I understand "standards" and "defaults" the way that the browser displays stuff but this is just a bit too much for my taste.
I don't mind it because the people who use bootstrap get to spend their time doing something more productive than making a platform. I appreciate the advice about easily customizing it, though. I didn't think it would be that easy to make something unique on bootstrap.
I definitely agree with your statement. That's why I said, I know why people use it. I'm so glad I don't have to spend an hour trying to come up with styles for a particular thing and have something built in.
With that said, it's even nicer that the interface I look at for 8 hours a day is actually customized and unique.
