Magical tool that keeps up with ongoing industry demands
May 24, 2024
Magical tool that keeps up with ongoing industry demands
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Figma Professional
Overall Satisfaction with Figma
We have several teams who all utilize Figma differently, so I will speak to the B2B team only. We use it daily to keep track of designs, functional requirements, component documentation, UI library and connect it with the work we're doing on Confluence, in Jira and on Storybook. We will also create interactive prototypes to review design concepts with the business and users. Our developers use Figma to gather requirements and build out pages or components depending on scope of project. We recently started to manage translations with a Lokalize plugin as well.
- Communication regarding updates and changes
- Thorough documentation in video and text formats
- Growing with the industry – acknowledging shifts in workflows and updating the product to meet ongoing needs of designers and developers
- Overrides are a pain especially as they tie to a component library. Some updates clear overrides to text fields creating extra work.
- Integration with Jira and Storybook could be better. It's key to a well rounded interconnected workflow.
- When new features are released, it's increasingly harder to update files and large libraries as the process is time consuming. One reason we haven't fully invested in working with variables.
- Seamless integration of designs into Jira have helped double the level of accuracy during development. Interactive access to preview prototypes, flows and mockups has made a huge difference for us.
- When components are updated in ways that changes the copy or architecture, it breaks all of its instances creating a massive source of anxiety for everyone on the team. The fact that we are uncertain whether our updates will retain text overrides forces us to triple check each time, decreasing our operational efficiency.
- When high-fidelity prototypes are built to showcase new concepts, their ability to appear almost identical to our production site makes it much easier for stakeholders to get involved in decision making therefore allowing us to make more well rounded decisions.
It's been at least a couple years since I used Sketch. It used to be my go to, but then there was a sudden shift towards Figma, and Sketch become obsolete. I was initially less drawn to Figma as it introduced a learning curve I wasn't ready to add to my workflow. I remember the days when I was onboarding designers from Sketch to Figma and that transition was hard as we were used to certain ways of working. Now, I believe Figma is easier to start with if there's nothing else to compare it with.
Do you think Figma delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Figma's feature set?
Yes
Did Figma live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Figma go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Figma again?
Yes