[jharding]

It's pretty easy to customize Bootstrap to your needs. Whenever I start a project, I usually always use Bootstrap to help increase my development pace. Once all of the functionality is done, I then try to get away from the default Bootstrap look and give my project a unique look. I can usually do this just be playing with the variables in variables.less, although sometimes I have to add some styling on top of Bootstrap.

For example, I used Bootstrap for my Chrome extension's web page (http://thejakeharding.com/philanthropist/). At first glance, you probably wouldn't realize Bootstrap was used, but really, Bootstrap is pretty much the only thing that was used for styling. All I did was tweak some variables.

[joshschreuder]

Unrelated to the OP, related to the extension, but doesn't this sort of thing attract Amazon's wrath, having an Associate ID set without any referrer from the project site itself?

[jharding]

This is actually going to be the topic of my next blog post. Reading through the Associates Program Operating Agreement (https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/agreement...), it seems like there is a decent chance Philanthropist would be in violation of something. However, that agreement is for associates, so I'm not sure if those rules would apply to a browser extension.

Also, I mostly built the extension for myself so I could easily support one of my favorite podcasts. There are only about 10 other users and since I don't really plan on advertising the extension, I doubt the user-base will ever get big enough to warrant concern from Amazon.