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And then Adobe released XD. I give Sketch about 3 more years before it becomes completely irrelevant.

bhouston 8y ago
Adobe is a powerful company and XD is gaining mind share pretty quickly and it is being heavily invested in. Thus it is a very serious threat to Sketch. At best case for Sketch it splits the market with Sketch in a few years. It is hard to predict the future here. How nimble is Sketch? How nimble is Adobe?
jakelazaroff 8y ago
The last time I used XD it was woefully incomplete compared to Sketch. I wouldn't bet on them having this in the bag just because they're Adobe.
- jasonlotito 8y ago
  Just last month we had our designers give a short demo of their new tools, and they compared Sketch with XD, and they went with XD. I know this is anecdotal (like everyone's comment is here), but considering the feedback they got from people they worked with when trialing in Sketch and XD, I'd have to say that XD impressed across the board, from designers to developers, more than Sketch did. And these are all people I respect. So while I wouldn't bet on them having this in the bag just because they're Adobe, I would bet on it based upon the feedback I heard and the fact that Adobe does have the ability to throw more resources at it.
mattkevan 8y ago
Adobe have been working on XD for ages and it still doesn't hold a candle to Sketch. It feels like it's born out of a scramble against Sketch, rather than from a deep desire to create the best interface design tool. There was a gap in the market ever since they killed Fireworks, and if they were serious about filling it they could have done something years before Sketch became big, but instead they slapped a few ui-focused features onto Photoshop, sat back and called it a day.
- virgilp 8y ago
  Adobe is serious about XD, though. There were some decisions which in hindsight might've been suboptimal, let's say. So XD didn't move as fast as many expected. But I feel it's picking up speed. Did you use it recently? As I understand it, while it may not be better for everybody just yet, it definitely holds a candle to Sketch now.
  - mattkevan 8y ago
    Yes, I'm always open to new tools and ways of doing things. I give it a try every time there's a major update, hoping that this time it'll be good. There's always something which makes me go 'not today'. For example the recent voice prototyping features are an interesting gimmick, but I'd rather they solve some of the basic stuff first.
- vitaflo 8y ago
  Adobe lost about a year in feature development on XD when it ported it to Windows. They've picked it up since they've reached feature parity. Also, XD is the spiritual successor to Fireworks. Its internal codename was "Sparkler" in reference to Fireworks. To call XD a Photoshop they slapped UI features on does it a disservice. It's a completely new app built from the ground up specifically for UX/UI design.

Adobe is a powerful company and XD is gaining mind share pretty quickly and it is being heavily invested in. Thus it is a very serious threat to Sketch. At best case for Sketch it splits the market with Sketch in a few years. It is hard to predict the future here. How nimble is Sketch? How nimble is Adobe?

jakelazaroff 8y ago

The last time I used XD it was woefully incomplete compared to Sketch. I wouldn't bet on them having this in the bag just because they're Adobe.

jasonlotito 8y ago
Just last month we had our designers give a short demo of their new tools, and they compared Sketch with XD, and they went with XD. I know this is anecdotal (like everyone's comment is here), but considering the feedback they got from people they worked with when trialing in Sketch and XD, I'd have to say that XD impressed across the board, from designers to developers, more than Sketch did. And these are all people I respect. So while I wouldn't bet on them having this in the bag just because they're Adobe, I would bet on it based upon the feedback I heard and the fact that Adobe does have the ability to throw more resources at it.

mattkevan 8y ago

Adobe have been working on XD for ages and it still doesn't hold a candle to Sketch. It feels like it's born out of a scramble against Sketch, rather than from a deep desire to create the best interface design tool. There was a gap in the market ever since they killed Fireworks, and if they were serious about filling it they could have done something years before Sketch became big, but instead they slapped a few ui-focused features onto Photoshop, sat back and called it a day.

virgilp 8y ago
Adobe is serious about XD, though. There were some decisions which in hindsight might've been suboptimal, let's say. So XD didn't move as fast as many expected. But I feel it's picking up speed. Did you use it recently? As I understand it, while it may not be better for everybody just yet, it definitely holds a candle to Sketch now.
- mattkevan 8y ago
  Yes, I'm always open to new tools and ways of doing things. I give it a try every time there's a major update, hoping that this time it'll be good. There's always something which makes me go 'not today'. For example the recent voice prototyping features are an interesting gimmick, but I'd rather they solve some of the basic stuff first.
vitaflo 8y ago
Adobe lost about a year in feature development on XD when it ported it to Windows. They've picked it up since they've reached feature parity. Also, XD is the spiritual successor to Fireworks. Its internal codename was "Sparkler" in reference to Fireworks. To call XD a Photoshop they slapped UI features on does it a disservice. It's a completely new app built from the ground up specifically for UX/UI design.