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Re:Topcoat – CSS for clean and fast web apps by volaski on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @02:46PM (#5781822)
yes it was a genuine question. i guess i should have phrased it differently. I just wanted to know the difference (or benefit of this over bootstrap). I mean if a wheel is being re-invented, there's gotta be a reason behind it. (I guess "because I can" could be an answer, but I was looking for some good answer)
Re:Topcoat – CSS for clean and fast web apps by alan_cx on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @09:24AM (#5786111)
Fair question, and I would suggest this:

I think a good enough reason is because some one could. No reason why some one cant just say; I can do that too, and I know lots of people say they would like an alternative, so lets just give it a go and see if any one likes it enough to use. And for me, that's good enough.

Giving it a go for no obvious reason is the blood of a "hacker", IMHO. Its the doing of it that is of value. One learns form the experience.

Re:Topcoat – CSS for clean and fast web apps by JoeKM on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @04:23PM (#5782505)
My problem with your question is the evergrowing lack of critical thinking on HN. I think even PG has eluded to it.

What's the difference from Bootstrap? Why don't you view its source? Read through the framework's documentation? For one the default styling is significantly different than Bootstrap.

The one thing I fondly miss about Slashdot is people would liberally tell you to RTFM when you asked something obvious that could have been answered by reading the article posted.

Re:Topcoat – CSS for clean and fast web apps by gnaritas on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @05:13PM (#5782848)
Then go back to slashdot and be rude there.
Re:Topcoat – CSS for clean and fast web apps by JoeKM on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @09:17PM (#5784004)
Suggesting someone to apply critical thinking is anything but. Your confrontational attitude is though. Another thing becoming of HN.
Re:Topcoat – CSS for clean and fast web apps by seferphier on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @11:23PM (#5784393)
you are being rude in the first place. You could have framed your comment better. quit HN if this community is disturbing you so much.

I disagree with your original comment. Yes, we can read the source. Yes, we can analyze it ourselves. But time is limited to all of us. The product should state exactly how it is different with the competition and why we should pick it. This is similar to how pg asks startups to describe themselves in one simple sentence. You don't tell pg that he lacks critical thinking for not reading my website.

Stating how you are different gives the customers focus. If you state that you are different because of X then you can go into the code and look at X particularly.

Re:Topcoat – CSS for clean and fast web apps by volaski on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @05:44PM (#5789363)
Yes I do that when it's apparent that it's worth my time. When I come across a new technology which I don't really get the point of (like this one), I ask around first instead of wasting my time to go through viewing the source and stuff. That's what most people who respect their own time do.