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Flat UI was Released - Framework for Designers and Developers,based on Bootstrap

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Prototyping just got easier and faster with Designmodo's release of Flat UI Pro, a user interface kit made in the flat design style. The stunning kit contains basic components, glyphs, icons and a variety of buttons and other elements made in the super-trendy style.<p>The Bootstrap-based kit contains everything a designer or developer needs to build a fully-responsive website in no time. (No dual prototyping here!)

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I will never trust Designmodo for all the spamming they've continuously done on Reddit, where I used to moderate /r/webdesign

We're talking about dozens of dozens of accounts used for the sole purpose of spamming multiple subreddits. I've been reporting those accounts for months, and most are banned, only to have dozens more created in their place.

http://www.reddit.com/domain/designmodo.com

Just click on most user account names. Most are either banned, or submit exclusively for designmodo.com.

That, paired with them ripping off other people's designs for this theme, makes me recommend people to stay away from anything associated with this site.

The spamming thing is enough to warn me off. Thanks for the heads-up.

"That, paired with them ripping off other people's designs for this theme, makes me recommend people to stay away from anything associated with this site."

For such accusations it would be good to provide links and sources.

LayerVault issued a DMCA Takedown because of it [1]. They did it because there were some assets that appear to be directly stolen [2] and were subsequently changed after the DMCA takedown.

In the discussion threads, you'll find a lot of discussion about what was legally justifiable and whether something was ripped off or not. I've often found that there's a dichotomy between certain views for those who are more designer versus those that are more developer. Take it for what you will.

As a designer, it's hard for me to appreciate the theme itself, let alone support someone with such a reputation. To me, they appear to lack any ethos characteristic of a designer...but I digress...

[1] HN Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331766 [2] DesignerNews Discussion: https://news.layervault.com/stories/1992-layervault-whats-up...

Edited to add the DN discussion link which I seem to have omitted?

Fundamental attribution error? Just because they spam doesn't make their products less trustworthy.

Lack of character, poor judgement. It all trickles down into their work.

Now I am not saying that is the case with the company in question, I'm just saying, the little things matter.

I agree, it's a signal, but it's not an overall determiner.

An interesting counterpoint is AirBNB spamming Craigslist in their early days.

Another counterpoint is Zynga and their 'scamville'.

With AirBNB, I think all is forgiven - great company thru and thru... one might think it was part of their hustle? With Zynga that DNA was perhaps indicative of something that destined to be very pump and dump.

I hate it, but sometimes a little 'cheating' during a growth phase can make or break the success of a company.

I noticed there were a lot of designmodo links being tossed around over there too, but let's considering LV's DMCA's "proof" were open-source icons to begin with, I wouldn't call it a rip. That said, it's tacky that this is what constitutes good design right now.

Looks cool and all, but $149 for a Bootstrap theme seems a bit overpriced.

$149 is definitely overpriced, especially considering there is already a free one, a bit skinnier on the features. http://littlesparkvt.com/flatstrap/index.html

The open source non 'pro' version? http://designmodo.github.io/Flat-UI/

Yeah, this free version was released a few weeks ago along with the subsequent accusations by LayerVault that it steals designs for Flat UI... DMCA thread here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331766

Anyone know the differences between the "pro" and open-source? from at least the demo site the open-source demo page isn't resonsive.

Repo here: https://github.com/designmodo/Flat-UI

I really can't see the point. I would definitely pay for a frontend framework which makes me design in less time and focus more on backend coding but from what I have seen this is just a... bootstrap theme with a psd, without offering anything more than bootstrap goodness.

It's tough to shell in $150 for a product that is simply putting a flat skin over bootstrap items, but I guess there is a market for that.

I've been using a free bootstrap UI toolkit from http://guitoolkits.com/bootstrap-gui-toolkit/. They seem to have it for different tools (including powerpoint).

Waste of money if you ask me. My opinion of this theme is that it provides a very poor user experience. The buttons do not look clickable at all. Unless you hover over them, which is useless on a mobile device

I much prefer Almost flat UI such as Gmail and http://websymphony.net/almost-flat-ui

I wanted to know what the differences were between "Personal License" and "Business License" but eventually had to click "Buy" in order to find out. Except I couldn't find out because it hung so long I got bored.

High load at the moment because of HN?

From their Twitter:

    HUH, server hard working now, sorry for loading delay!

It'd be cool if someone did a twm type flat theme:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Twm...

Not open source. Its a paid product?

Does that matter?

You expect us to PAY for people's hard work? wtf is this? /sarcasm

Took me a while to understand that i had to click on the search button in order to type (probably because of the animated vertical-bar-thing (what is it called?))

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Very neat design. Is there a Wordpress theme?

Well it's a bootstrap theme... so you could use something like http://320press.com/wpbs/ and replace the assets.

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