[michaelbuckbee]

We run the resource page listed in the article [1] and as a result of that it is quite possible I've looked at more sites built with Bootstrap than even the creators.

From this I've really found two things:

One, I think there is some massive confirmation bias at work. If a site customizes Bootstrap and it looks nice nobody credits it as a 'Bootstrap Looking' site, so as a result it is only when the defaults are used that people really pick up on it.

Second, the alternative to a site built with Bootstrap is typically not a beautiful custom designed front end, but a pretty rough looking unstyled, inconsistent mess.

Bootstrap is the new baseline for what a website should look like, it should be customized, it can be improved but there is now zero excuse for it looking worse.

1 - http://www.bootstraphero.com/the-big-badass-list-of-twitter-...

[alanmeaney]

totally agree that it should be the baseline.

I have signed up for your beta :)

[MaysonL]

Re: bootstraphero.com

Ugh. Really. Hate the fonts (Mainly the bold condensed ones). Hate the color scheme(Yellow text on a grey-green background? Seriously? It actually looks reasonable with the colors inverted[cmd-option-control-8 on OSX]). Slow to load, at least the first time. And socialist realism posters have very bad connotations, no matter how hiply ironic you find them.

[coderdude]

Is this how you talk to people? You could have stated the same opinions without intentionally being offensive.

[jtreminio]

Seriously? Socialist realism?

http://www.impawards.com/2004/posters/incredibles_ver2.jpg