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figma is pretty freaken amazing, and it works outside of macs. So overall there is nothing but upsides to it. Collaboration is amazing too. Just... No down side

figma is pretty freaken amazing, and it works outside of macs. So overall there is nothing but upsides to it. Collaboration is amazing too. Just... No down sides.

nikitaga 6y ago
> No down sides Figma is significantly more expensive than Sketch, e.g. for individuals: $144/year vs ($99 for first year + $79 for next years), and that's if you choose to upgrade Sketch every year, which you don't need to. Figma also doesn't really work offline.
- fyfy18 6y ago
  Figma have a free plan which works perfectly fine for my purposes (implementing designs given to me by designers, and very occasionally making my own).
EvilEy3 6y ago
Atrocious performance and memory usage. I have to always close tab after I'm done with Figma or laptop crawls.
achow 6y ago
Fan of Figma, but would switch to a better one in a heartbeat because of the following huge downside.. Once you are in Figma, you are trapped forever. No way to get out your original editable artwork files. Buyer beware!
- Griffinsauce 6y ago
  That goes for nearly all design software...
  - achow 6y ago
    Not really. I could switch to Figma from Sketch very easily because I could upload my Sketch files in Figma and Figma could deconstruct them into layers and elements with even layer names intact! Vice versa? No. Even Photoshop files .PSD are readable in many other photo editing apps. Figma.. no never.
    - Someone 6y ago
      I thought “if you’re in the EU, make a GDPR request for your data”. However, the only page I found is https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041060434-General-Data-Protection-Regulations-GDPR- https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041060434-Genera..., which says they’re committed to your privacy, but doesn’t mention data portability.
      - agos 6y ago
        even if they don't mention it, GDPR still applies and yours could be an interesting approach
- molf 6y ago
  This should be higher up! Is there really no way to get your original designs out of Figma? That's pretty damning. Wow.
- shaicoleman 6y ago
  There are paid 3rd-party tools to convert Figma to XD/Sketch and back, so you're not completely locked in. https://xd2sketch.com/ https://xd2sketch.com/
- arrayjumper 6y ago
  They have an API using which you get a json representation of your files. That is the same as sketch (whose file format is essentially zipped json files).
- deleted 6y ago
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PostThisTooFast 6y ago
Isn’t it online-only? That’s a huge downside.

figma is pretty freaken amazing, and it works outside of macs. So overall there is nothing but upsides to it. Collaboration is amazing too. Just... No down sides.

nikitaga 6y ago

> No down sides Figma is significantly more expensive than Sketch, e.g. for individuals: $144/year vs ($99 for first year + $79 for next years), and that's if you choose to upgrade Sketch every year, which you don't need to. Figma also doesn't really work offline.

fyfy18 6y ago
Figma have a free plan which works perfectly fine for my purposes (implementing designs given to me by designers, and very occasionally making my own).

EvilEy3 6y ago

Atrocious performance and memory usage. I have to always close tab after I'm done with Figma or laptop crawls.

achow 6y ago

Fan of Figma, but would switch to a better one in a heartbeat because of the following huge downside.. Once you are in Figma, you are trapped forever. No way to get out your original editable artwork files. Buyer beware!

Griffinsauce 6y ago
That goes for nearly all design software...
- achow 6y ago
  Not really. I could switch to Figma from Sketch very easily because I could upload my Sketch files in Figma and Figma could deconstruct them into layers and elements with even layer names intact! Vice versa? No. Even Photoshop files .PSD are readable in many other photo editing apps. Figma.. no never.
  - Someone 6y ago
    I thought “if you’re in the EU, make a GDPR request for your data”. However, the only page I found is https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041060434-General-Data-Protection-Regulations-GDPR- https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041060434-Genera..., which says they’re committed to your privacy, but doesn’t mention data portability.
    - agos 6y ago
      even if they don't mention it, GDPR still applies and yours could be an interesting approach
molf 6y ago
This should be higher up! Is there really no way to get your original designs out of Figma? That's pretty damning. Wow.
shaicoleman 6y ago
There are paid 3rd-party tools to convert Figma to XD/Sketch and back, so you're not completely locked in. https://xd2sketch.com/ https://xd2sketch.com/
arrayjumper 6y ago
They have an API using which you get a json representation of your files. That is the same as sketch (whose file format is essentially zipped json files).
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PostThisTooFast 6y ago

Isn’t it online-only? That’s a huge downside.