Dev Mode. Atlas icons. EU’s objections.
Sponsor
Figma Dev Mode vs. Zeplin: 6 things your team needs to know
With the rollout of Dev Mode, lots of Figma users are scratching their heads — is this a Zeplin twin? The short answer is no. Check out a comprehensive breakdown of their features and choose the best fit for your team.
App Updates
Autogenerated passwords
Users on Professional and Organization plans now can use a password that’s been autogenerated by Figma when setting a password on a file. Org admins in Enterprise organizations can choose whether to allow users to create custom passwords or require Figma-autogenerated passwords for greater security.
Using Figma
Dev Mode: Building a design tool that works harder for developers
The Dev Mode team shares their early pivot away from a codegen-first approach, the acquisition of Visly that accelerated their efforts, and what it means to break down the handoff wall.
Page dividers in Figma
A prototype of what page dividers in Figma might look like — considering this tweet’s engagement, it’s clearly something many of us would love to see!
“Rogie button”
At this point, Vijay is just showing off. Awesome iteration on an earlier shaders experiment by Rogie.
Office Hours: Little Big Updates — The season finale
“In this livestream, Figma designer advocates, product managers, engineers, and designers will take you through everything we launched — from new on-canvas previews for the font picker, to fun new ways to collaborate in FigJam and time-saving prototyping updates.”
Office hours: Prototyping and user testing, AMA
“Prototyping in Figma allows us to create realistic designs to test on real users, but there’s a lot that goes into taking designs from static to something that looks functional. Join our team for a Q&A focused on bring your designs to life with prototyping and user testing.”
Using FigJam
Figma for Edu: Deep dive in FigJam
A workshop by Miggi and Alex exploring ways to use FigJam like a pro, including shortcuts, deep-dive features, and ways to speed up your workflow — both independently, and when collaborating with others!
Jamboard-to-FigJam importer: How to Convert your Jams Into Editable FigJams
“Discover how you can import all of your existing Jamboard files to fully editable FigJams! From sticky notes to sketches, watch as we demonstrate how to seamlessly transition your Jamboard content into FigJam, where you can harness the full range of FigJam’s interactive capabilities.”
Plugins
Atlas Icons
Atlas Icons is a free and open-source library of 2,000+ icons designed at 12px scale in 3 weights.
Backstage
Commission sends Adobe Statement of Objections over proposed acquisition of Figma
November 17th, 2023: “The European Commission has informed Adobe of its preliminary view that its proposed acquisition of Figma may reduce competition in the global markets for the supply of interactive product design software and of other creative design software.”