The difference and choice between BOOTSTRAP2 and 3

I believe that everyone is not unfamiliar with the bootstrap, this site in the field of building a prestigious front-end development framework can be described as the world's front-end engineers respected.
But since the launch of the BOOTSTRAP3 version, many domestic friends in the Boostrap2 and 3 of the choice of headache, the two in the end how to choose?

The difference between BOOTSTRAP2 and 3

In the previous article, we focused on the new features of the BOOTSTRAP3 is introduced in detail, interested friends can refer to.
From these new features we can see that the biggest change in BOOTSTRAP3 to BOOTSTRAP2 is mobile first, flat design, and browser compatibility.
So our choice is mainly through the comparison of these three points.

Move Priority angle

In terms of mobile priority, Bootstrap3 do much better than BOOTSTRAP2 (although BOOTSTRAP2 is not bad), because of the great success of the foundation and the great potential of the responsive layout, BOOTSTRAP3 also began to exert force on the mobile side.
So if you want to use responsive technology to make your website construction projects on the PC, tablet, and mobile phone with good enough visual effects and user experience, then you can not hesitate to choose BOOTSTRAP3.
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Design style angle

Eliminating unnecessary design headaches is one of the important reasons for front-end programmers to choose the front-end development framework, and the buttons, fonts, navigation bars, login boxes, and so on, have their corresponding styles in bootstrap.
So if you like the gradient bump style, you can choose to use BOOTSTRAP2 to develop, conversely, if you prefer flat design style, then you can use BOOTSTRAP3.
Because of the popularity of Bootstrap in China, most websites use Bootstrap2 's entire UI to develop Web applications, so smaller BOOTSTRAP3 should make your web app stand out.

Browser compatibility angle

Browser compatibility, has always been the front-end engineers in the hearts of the Thorn, IE8, IE7 even IE6 in the domestic market share forcing many Web applications to be compatible with them.
So before you choose a framework, you have to know about your customer base and trade-offs for compatibility.
If you need to be compatible with IE8 even IE7 and IE6, then you can only choose BOOTSTRAP2, although its own effect in IE6 is not perfect.
But if you follow the footsteps of the times, and customers are also very high-end atmosphere to choose only to be compatible with advanced browsers, then BOOTSTRAP3 is your choice.

BOOTSTRAP3:

• New design styles and optional themes
• Mobile-First and responsive design
• New customization
• Default Better box model
• Super-strong tabular system
• The JavaScript plugin was re-
• New font for icons
• Big improvements to the navigation bar
• Modal dialog box for better responsive effects
• Component Maintenance (new and deleted)
• Document Perfection
• No longer supports IE7 and Firefox 3.6

The difference and choice between BOOTSTRAP2 and 3