The only time you should use a "creative" interface is when absolutely no other standard interface pattern is available. Otherwise you're throwing away a great deal of learned behaviour in your users and forcing them to consciously hunt for what they want instead of relying on common patterns.
I think Bootstrap is wonderful to allow you to start hacking away on an app and have it look halfway decent through that process. But I agree that once it moves on to a beta stage more focus should be placed on a unique / better design.
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This makes me want to cry. What happened to design and having a good-looking and creative interface?
If we ever reach a point where bootstrap is the low end of web design, I'll be dancing a little jig.
The only time you should use a "creative" interface is when absolutely no other standard interface pattern is available. Otherwise you're throwing away a great deal of learned behaviour in your users and forcing them to consciously hunt for what they want instead of relying on common patterns.
bootstrap is a starting point and not the finish line.
You should do a makeover of the shipping interface on the UPS website and blog about it.
good lord i had never seen that before. i assume this comment is in some way sarcastic, but wow
I think Bootstrap is wonderful to allow you to start hacking away on an app and have it look halfway decent through that process. But I agree that once it moves on to a beta stage more focus should be placed on a unique / better design.
Bootstrap isn't here to replace high-end designers. It's here to replace the myspace and geocities school of design...