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Adobe XD was meant to take on Sketch, and failed at that, which meant it was fully two generations behind Figma. They couldn't compete, and as a company they ha

Adobe XD was meant to take on Sketch, and failed at that, which meant it was fully two generations behind Figma. They couldn't compete, and as a company they have no capacity for making innovative web design products. They do seem to have a capacity for ruining the ones they buy, so I'm glad this attempt failed.

DHPersonal 3y ago
In that time between XD's inception and Figma's buyout attempt, hasn't Sketch caught up to Figma and become a decent competitor to it? I haven't used it in a while because my employer doesn't support it and my freelance work has effectively ended.
- karaterobot 3y ago
  I don't know, as I stopped using Sketch the day I discovered Figma. Maybe so? I'd be happy about it, because it's nice to have real competition, but it'd be quite an achievement for them to have caught up at this point.
- jmull 3y ago
  I used Sketch recently and it was a good and effective communication tool between dev, design, client, and pm from my perspective (dev). I assume design too, since it was their choice. I'm not sure what it was missing before, but it seemed to have everything we needed. There were some things missing from the web app that the native app had, but it seemed like that was just the hook to upgrade from the free-tier.
- jwells89 3y ago
  I don’t know how Sketch compares on the collaboration front, but I still use it a lot personally for three reasons: - It still has a one-time/annual purchase option available - It’s still offline-first, with a fully first-party-documented file format[0] (no lock-in) - It’s suited well for screen-destined vector graphics creation, whereas Figma has a strong prototyping bent to it [0]: https://developer.sketch.com/file-format/ https://developer.sketch.com/file-format/
  - drcongo 3y ago
    Agreed. Our designers work in Figma and I hate it, the devs tend to import into Sketch because it's so much nicer to work in.
- isodev 3y ago
  Indeed, Sketch is a decent alternative to Figma including for collaboration. Sketch even has the advantage of still being a offline first app while Figma is quite useless without an always on internet connection.
sizzle 3y ago
InVision + Sketch was trivially replaced by Figma in my workflow long ago, cross platform support and working in the browser left them in the dust.

DHPersonal 3y ago

In that time between XD's inception and Figma's buyout attempt, hasn't Sketch caught up to Figma and become a decent competitor to it? I haven't used it in a while because my employer doesn't support it and my freelance work has effectively ended.

karaterobot 3y ago
I don't know, as I stopped using Sketch the day I discovered Figma. Maybe so? I'd be happy about it, because it's nice to have real competition, but it'd be quite an achievement for them to have caught up at this point.
jmull 3y ago
I used Sketch recently and it was a good and effective communication tool between dev, design, client, and pm from my perspective (dev). I assume design too, since it was their choice. I'm not sure what it was missing before, but it seemed to have everything we needed. There were some things missing from the web app that the native app had, but it seemed like that was just the hook to upgrade from the free-tier.
jwells89 3y ago
I don’t know how Sketch compares on the collaboration front, but I still use it a lot personally for three reasons: - It still has a one-time/annual purchase option available - It’s still offline-first, with a fully first-party-documented file format[0] (no lock-in) - It’s suited well for screen-destined vector graphics creation, whereas Figma has a strong prototyping bent to it [0]: https://developer.sketch.com/file-format/ https://developer.sketch.com/file-format/
- drcongo 3y ago
  Agreed. Our designers work in Figma and I hate it, the devs tend to import into Sketch because it's so much nicer to work in.
isodev 3y ago
Indeed, Sketch is a decent alternative to Figma including for collaboration. Sketch even has the advantage of still being a offline first app while Figma is quite useless without an always on internet connection.

sizzle 3y ago

InVision + Sketch was trivially replaced by Figma in my workflow long ago, cross platform support and working in the browser left them in the dust.