Figma 2.0 - Design and prototype in one always up to date tool

Hey there, I’m Dylan, the CEO of Figma. Super excited to introduce Figma 2.0 today -- now complete with Prototyping and Developer Handoff. We’re the only interface design tool that runs in the cloud, so we’re able to do some fun things with these features. In Figma the prototype is the design file, so it never goes out of date. As you make changes to your files, they’ll be reflected in real time in your presentations… no exporting necessary. Other highlights: - You can tweak frames or add screens to prototypes in real time while others watch. We’re already finding this hugely helpful in design critiques at Figma. - No need for endless versioning…or the crazy naming conventions that other tools require to order your artboards (good-bye artboard 1, artboard a1, artboard a1b, artboard a1bcdefgahhhhhfuckthis). - My new fav: You can navigate presentations from your phone. Any designers who dream of strolling the conference room like you’re giving a TED talk, this is your moment. - You can use components (symbols) with hot spots, so when you set a navigation from a component once, it will populate through all instances - Developers can access Developer Handoff tools in “view-only” mode, which means (1) they won’t accidentally mess up design files and (2) Figma teams do not have to pay for them to access! I wrote more about it here if you want to learn more: https://blog.figma.com/figma-2-0... Figma is free for individuals (and students!). If you want to give it a try go to figma.com. We’d love to hear what you think. Also happy to answer questions and get feedback on PH -- will this meet your design needs? What are you dying to see in the design tool space?

Hi, Dylan. I really adore the ideas and visions of your team. Alas, Figma is run by JS, so it is often laggy, the experience is not smooth. I understand that I'm complaining, and just a few year ago I could not even DREAMED of such a great tool. But. A good thing is easy to be addicted to. That is why Sketch is the most preferred design app for me for today ✌

I dislike how all these prototyping tools elevate the designers job. While really all the hard work is done by the developer, not the hipster designers...

I've heard great things about Figma, good to see a big update! I'd consider myself a novice Sketch user (I try to leave the real stuff to our designer who actually knows what he's doing). Figma and similar products like Framer seem like the "future" of design tools given how they simplify handoffs to devs, etc. without adding in external tools, but I haven't had time to test them out. I've got a couple of questions for you: 1. How difficult is Figma to pick up given a base level knowledge in Sketch? 2. How would you compare the pure design capabilities of Figma vs Sketch? You can obviously do a lot in Sketch - does Figma provide the same level of detail & control in designs? 3. Can Figma handle animations & transitions? If so, do those work with developer handoff?

Looks great, finally a modern design tool outside of the walled Mac garden...

Great update!

This is an amazing update, truly deserving of a "2.0" label - congrats Dylan and team!!!

I literally just started using Figma last week. I'm incredibly impressed by the performance of the web app. Superb job guys, and great update 😻

Nice work @zoink will definitely consider switching to figma soon. Sketch has begun to lag on me.

Hi Dylan! Seems like Figma still have problems of supporting Chinese fonts.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Really glad to see Figma entering the prototyping field, I think a lot of designers want an all-in-one UI design tool and watch with a great interest what’s going on with you, Framer, Sketch and their numerous plugins, Adobe XD, Atomic and many others. Great update, I hope advanced animations and transitions are on their way and will be as well implemented as the rest!

Loving the pace at which you guys ship new features and improve the tool! I'm definitely considering moving to Figma (from Sketch), however, I think the UI (and especially the layer panel) is way too minimal and really hard to use. I would love to see that improved so I can make the switch! Keep up the good work! 🔥

I've been using Figma in all my projects. It's a great tool!

Great job. Very impressive. Loved the Google Material preloaded set.

Meanwhile, 2 concerns: 1. No Opera support 2. Too overwhelmed interface, especially for first time users. Too many options, buttons, icons and controls. One of my favorite similar products is Balsamiq, and imho their biggest advantage is the simple and clear UI. Keep up the great job!

Great update! Please, fix the Mirror problems. It can’t scale mock-ups to iPhone viewport. I am making mock-ups in x2 format. And I can’t look at them on iPhone, because the system can fit to screen. And waiting solution such as Craft for fill up content.

Incredible update! Prototyping with living documents is a fun one to try and get your head around 😮 Killer work Figma team!

Awesome tool when you work in a team; love that there is no 'which version are you looking?' conversations anymore :)

Pros:

Windows Support!

Cons:

Framer and Figma may be Frenemies?

I've been using Figma as my main tool lately and I'm loving it. I still need Sketch for a few things here are there (like getting things done offline, but that's rare). I just really love prototyping now that I can see changes immediately (no waiting for exports or a server to sync). I also love it when I can collaborate with a writer as I design screens. We used Figma to design the App Store screenshots for Tonight! New York (also on Product Hunt) and it was so fun and productive.

Pros:

The collaboration and prototyping features in Figma are game changing. I didn't think I needed collaboration, but I did!

Cons:

...no offline app (yet?)