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Figma is a solid design tool for basic web/mobile apps, however I think that this post reads like a sales pitch more than an honest assessment of the product. T
by blululu 6y ago
Figma is a solid design tool for basic web/mobile apps, however I think that this post reads like a sales pitch more than an honest assessment of the product.
The market for design tools is highly competitive, and the 'wins/winner take all' framework does not really apply here. Someone once remarked that every design tool is Photoshop and to a certain degree this is true. Consequently is is easy to clone/transpose the basic functionality/interactions and get teams to switch to a new product. (Think about the recent transition from Sketch to Figma). Companies like Adobe have done well by bundling a suite of complementary products to gain an edge however this is not trivial from a business perspective. Even with bundling the business is not winner take all.
Figma is in many ways worse than Sketch, but collaboration is really helpful. That said, it is not that hard to spin up a competitor with React + Firebase in short order.
As much as Figma is in vogue right now, I would rather put money on Notion in the long term. Internal documentation has much higher switching costs than design tools. Notion already has excellent support for Management/Teamwork. They could easily roll out support for prototyping Mobile/Web apps and start eating into Figma's market share.
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