Proposal/Discussion: Switching to a more modern Style System

[davidsneighbour]

Tachyons.io latest release is v4.12.0 from ca. 2018. Since then, the net has changed much --- a lifetime on the internet is 4 years (source: me) --- and much of the theme is hard to maintain.

Question 1: Do we switch away from Tachyons or keep working with its legacy?
Question 2: If we switch, which framework should we consider?

In my opinion, Q1 is a definite "yes" or a stagnation on the current feature and design set that Ananke has. Q2 is a decision between Twitter's Bootstrap (widely adopted, but a bit aged in terms of container queries and latest baseline features) or TailwindCSS (a more technical framework, but equally widely adopted and very flexible).

As Ananke is a beginner theme, I am gravitating towards Bootstrap. As a developer I am gravitating towards Tailwind.

In any case, the goal would be to keep the appearance and design as they are, with whatever engine is under the hood.

[thierrycoopman]

Not sure if this is a viable option, but shadcn https://ui.shadcn.com/ seems to be quite popular.

[davidsneighbour]

I am keeping Shadcn in the list, but it's on the far side of Tailwind for the more technical versed user IMO. I have no real overview who is using Ananke at all, but in the Hugo docs it's used as "getting started" example, so going full on web-tech might keep the users away.

A lot of the shadcn classes are Tailwind classes, so it might be an option to add on top of Tailwind.

[giopad]

Hi,
I've been using Ananke for a few years to manage my association's website. I'm not a great expert, but I know CSS and everything it entails.
I've read around about a comparison between Bootstrap and Tailwind (for example: https://www.elsner.com/tailwind-css-vs-bootstrap-comparison/#:~:text=Yet%20many%20developers%20pick%20a,Both%20are%20widely%20used.).
From what I've read, I think Tailwind is better than Bootstrap for large projects, with better customization options and fewer overlapping issues, etc. Even though the learning curve is steeper, it's ultimately the better choice. The theme is developed by you, the managers, who are experts; we users, at most, copy and customize a few pages of the layout.
The problem that will arise will be moving the customized pages from Tachyons to... (the choice is yours...), and I hope it's the least painful.
Best regards, Giorgio

[davidsneighbour]

I wrote a script to convert Tachyons to Tailwind 3 a couple of years back. If I find it that part should be easy to adapt to v4 :) And all else can be done via Discussions here I think. If I remember right there were no Tachyon features missing in Tailwind 3.

Sounds more and more like TW4 :)

[davidsneighbour]

Another vote for a switch to TailwindCSS: Dark mode and theme toggles ;)