Bootstrap Carnival
Dev tools
theme discovery
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
3 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Design: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful for quickly previewing themes without reading description pages
From 2 comments
I like it, quite useful to be able to quickly preview the themes without having to wade through the description pages. One thing that would make it much better (at least for me)…
ryanmim on HNI was just looking for a Bootstrap template, so you hit my little pain point at exactly the right time. I'll spend some more serious review time on it in a bit, but at a glance I…
27182818284 on HN
Good execution of showing descriptions while demos load
From 1 comment
Sorry to hijack, but I literally just launched something very similar: http://www.themebeacon.com/ I even posted about it to HN the other day…
jonathanleane on HN
Objections
Autoloading demos with no option to read first is frustrating
From 1 comment
I want to kick you in the fucking nuts for autoloading the demo and not giving me the option to read about it first. You have text there but then you cover it up. Have a separate…
piratebroadcast on HN
Layout is cramped on iPad and crashes Chrome; sidebar wastes space on mobile
From 2 comments
Visited with an iPad. Everything got tiny, and then Chrome crashed.
wffurr on HNThe sidebar takes up too much space on a mobile view - it would be worthwhile to rethink how to display the information for mobile browsers.
Bahamut on HN
Back button returns into the same demo in Firefox
From 1 comment
Nice site. Will use. One tip... am on Firefox 20 using Linux. I arrowed through a few themes, but after checking a demo am having trouble backing out into the main menu. It keeps…
jqm on HN
Requests
Filter by marketplace
From 1 comment
I like it, quite useful to be able to quickly preview the themes without having to wade through the description pages. One thing that would make it much better (at least for me)…
ryanmim on HN
Search for free themes
From 1 comment
http://bootstrapcarnival.com/search?q= shows empty :) is there a way to search for free themes? looks awesome!
general_failure on HN
Questions
How are the theme databases seeded, by RSS or scrapers
From 1 comment
Sorry to hijack, but I literally just launched something very similar: http://www.themebeacon.com/ I even posted about it to HN the other day…
jonathanleane on HN
Alternatives named
ThemeBeacon
From 1 comment
Sorry to hijack, but I literally just launched something very similar: http://www.themebeacon.com/ I even posted about it to HN the other day…
jonathanleane on HN