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Can't wait for the ability to trigger plugins on events instead of having to select them from a menu [1]. That would open the door to many more useful plugins r

• jjcm 7y ago
  I was actually talking to their lead developer for their plugin architecture on Tuesday, and he said that it's likely very easy to allow this internally for org created plugins, or self-uploaded ones (similar to developer mode for chrome extensions), but it's an issue having it available in the wider market. Security concerns are a big one (as mentioned in this post since this is ran in the browser you can easily make requests as Figma.com) and scripts that run on non-user directed actions can be sneaky dangerous. The other thing is they want to make sure performance stays high, as slowdowns caused by plugins are often attributed to the program itself rather than the plugin. That said I'm totally fine if they isolate any event-based plugin as something you have to upload yourself or is bound strictly to your org using the app. As long as there's some way to do it designers will find a way, but without it I don't see it as being nearly as flexible as Sketch.