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A little off topic, but given its popularity I gave Figma an honest try for my last UI design. I tried to like it, I wanted to like it. But after 15+ years of
by user3939382 6y ago
A little off topic, but given its popularity I gave Figma an honest try for my last UI design. I tried to like it, I wanted to like it.
But after 15+ years of using Illustrator, I felt so constrained. It felt like 15% of the feature set of Illustrator.
I wonder who the target is? People who work on teams probably get more out of it. Or if you design front ends by dragging and dropping predesigned elements from libraries like Material?
- darkcha0s 6y agoI used with a design agency on my current project. Have to say, I was very satisfied by the feature set, considering the output is generally the same as what can be made easily using a common toolset (ie. html/css, it even gives you the CSS when you highlight a component) It's not a photoshop/illustrator replacement, but I think the agency imported some of the more 'complicated' SVGs and such from another editor.
- flixic 6y agoI've been designing UIs for 15 years, from Photoshop 6.0 to Sketch to Figma. I LOVE Figma. It makes it easy to do things that will be easier to develop, and makes it much harder to do things that "break" layout rules. End result is more consistent UIs, clearer component structure in code, and much happier developers.
- tootie 6y agoIllustrator is an illustration tool. Even Adobe is pushing XD. Figma has thoroughly taken over the web design space. Every company and agency I've worked with in the past 5 years are on the bandwagon. And before that it was Sketch and before that it was mostly Photoshop which was also a very mismatched tool.
- scarecrowbob 6y agoIt is substantially easier for me as a developer to get information out of the document and into a template.