Show HN: Picnic.css, a lightweight Bootstrap alternative

Re:Show HN: Picnic.css, a lightweight Bootstrap alternative by lsh on Sunday September 14, 2014 @09:38PM (#8316888)

Nuts to those calling bad taste: if I had a competing framework I'd be making it part of the conversation, too. Besides being tiny, how does Min stack up against Picnic, owenversteeg? I expect a bias opinion, don't worry ;)

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Re:Show HN: Picnic.css, a lightweight Bootstrap alternative by owenversteeg on Sunday September 14, 2014 @10:32PM (#8317006)

Thank you! At least one person doesn't think I'm a "complete tool" :)

Personally I think Min's largest advantages over Picnic are:

* more features (button sizing, messages, input addons, 12-column grid instead of 6-column grid) * vastly better browser support (not only does Min work on IE5.5+ but also it is tested across hundreds of browser and device configurations before each release) * Unprescriptive - it's incredibly easy to override Min's styles and turn it into something else while still making use of Min's extensive testing and features. With Bootstrap you have to use !importants and strange selectors; with Min overriding things is easy as pie. * LESS/Sass versions * An icon-set that works out of the box

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Re:Show HN: Picnic.css, a lightweight Bootstrap alternative by manojlds on Sunday September 14, 2014 @10:53PM (#8317061)

Your points on Bootstrap customization - are those for v2 or v3? I have used v3 and customized I a lot by just overriding the variables and using the mixins.

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