Excellent, on the verge, and a bit buggy
February 05, 2025
Excellent, on the verge, and a bit buggy
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Figma Organization
Overall Satisfaction with Figma
We use it for
- Building systemic mappings (blueprints, flow maps, information architecture maps)
- Building low-fi visions
- Building prototypes for testing
- Documenting in hi-fi for Dev handoff
We are a team of 6 professionals (me as a Lead, 3 Interaction Designers, a Content Designer and a Researcher)
- Building systemic mappings (blueprints, flow maps, information architecture maps)
- Building low-fi visions
- Building prototypes for testing
- Documenting in hi-fi for Dev handoff
We are a team of 6 professionals (me as a Lead, 3 Interaction Designers, a Content Designer and a Researcher)
Pros
- Collaboration in real time, zero delays, extremely lightweight application for being a web application
- Componentization, super flexible set of properties and combinations
- Highly detailed version history
Cons
- Autolayout is still not as complex as CSS Flex, it should aim to be at par
- Variables should be able to be tied to Components and referenced when prototyping to have the concept of Local Variables (this.Variable)
- Components have a bug. If you create a Component in File A, then insert an instance of that component in File A, then copy-paste it into File B, the instance in File B never receives updates on the original component. But if the instance is inserted through the Library, it does get the updates. That's a huge bug.
- Improved team collaboration
- Single source of truth for Design definitions
- Accelerated time for Devs to read UI documentation (measurements)
- Scalable design process when components are correctly defined
Adobe XD is an absurd copycat that never got to have even 10% of Figma's features. It's hyper fast because it's native, but that's the only good thing it has.
Axure RP is an excellent prototyping software, with Local Variables and complex interactions. But it's also extremely heavy to run in any computer, it doesnt use the GPU, it's not pixel perfect, the HTML generated in prototypes is awful.
Axure RP is an excellent prototyping software, with Local Variables and complex interactions. But it's also extremely heavy to run in any computer, it doesnt use the GPU, it's not pixel perfect, the HTML generated in prototypes is awful.
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?
No
Would you buy Figma again?
Yes
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