“Now Org Admin will also see secret teams in the Teams tab of the admin console, so they have visibility into all the teams that exist in the organization. The content in secret teams will remain secret to its members.”
A large shipment of small updates to Figma and FigJam. The community file is the best way to learn about all of them with demos and examples, but see also the blog post with a list of updates.
This is really exciting! Many iPad users already know and enjoy the Figurative app, but having an official app will be amazing.
🥁 Exciting updates for the @figmadesign iPad app!
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) January 12, 2022
If you want to beta test the app & share feedback with us, sign up here: https://t.co/3XKj5IPiGJ
For the beta, you’ll need to have an iPad Pro (2018 or later), iPad Air (2020), iPad mini (2021), or iPad (2021). pic.twitter.com/A9OUPIwOtj
After discovering a bug in redesigned comments in November, their rollout was postponed for a month. Now they are finally available to everyone. If you need a refresher of what changed, this thread summarizes it well.
Our new and improved comments have now rolled out to everyone. ✨ Thanks for your patience as we made comments better you.
— Figma (@figmadesign) January 11, 2022
Here's more info on all the changes: https://t.co/s8C5aTgmqd
And a thread with some of our favorite changes. 👇 pic.twitter.com/K4laNVZrRf
Admins on the Organization plan now can see who’s using FigJam at the Members and Activity tabs.
Figma added new MacBook Pros, Surface Pro 8, and small and large Androids to the frame presets.
Figma is ready for all the new gadgets, just in time for the holidays! 🎁
— Figma (@figmadesign) December 15, 2021
You can now find the following frame presets and device frames in Figma…
→ Macbook Pro 14,” 16”
→ Surface Pro 8
→ Android Small, Large pic.twitter.com/ZD5Bj3IRTW
“In this last month of 2021, we introduced more ways to make collaboration and creation a breeze, so that nothing gets in the way of your productivity.” A few FigJam updates, a new mobile app for Figma, and partially rolled out new comments.
Admins on the Organization plan now have more ways to see who’s using FigJam and who’s in need of an editor license.
Two new tools in an improved FigJam toolbar: Highlighter (Shift‑M, hold Shift for straight lines) to highlight text and objects and Eraser (Shift-Delete) to delete individual strokes to correct and refine your sketches. See also this tweet from Miggi on how to bring doodles made with Highlighter from FigJam to Figma.
After discovering a bug affecting how comments appear on the canvas, Figma paused the rollout of the new comments until later in January.
We recently discovered a bug affecting how comments appear on the canvas.
— Figma (@figmadesign) December 11, 2021
To ensure the best experience for our users, we’ve decided to pause the rollout while we look into a fix.
Once we’ve resolved the issue, we'll turn on the new comments experience for everyone in January. https://t.co/cY9K4yiz91
Major update to the Figma mobile app. Now you can view, browse, and share files and prototypes without being tethered to the desktop app, mirror designs on mobile for selected frames on desktop, and enjoy an intuitive and performant UX on iOS and Android.
“Use link previews to add sources of inspiration and useful context to your FigJam file. Paste links of rich media from other websites — like videos, articles, or documents — and FigJam will turn them into a preview on your board. Figma will even make some link previews interactive, which allow you to pan around Figma design files and city maps, or stream music and videos while you work in FigJam.”
“This month, we introduced capabilities that move you from task to task faster and make it easier to share and act on feedback, so you can take ideas from good to great.”
Tom Lowry gives a walkthrough of some of the new commenting improvements and enhancements.
So excited to give you all a walkthrough of some of the new commenting improvements and enhancements that we're starting to roll out to @figmadesign and FigJam. Let us know what you think! pic.twitter.com/ylmZSjWPjH
— Tom Lowry (@negativespaceca) November 17, 2021
Ryhan Hassan, Product Designer at Figma, on comments redesign: “To help teams manage and incorporate feedback throughout the design process, we’re introducing updates to comments in Figma and FigJam. These changes are designed to encourage collaborators to share comments and understand how to give better feedback, while helping designers more easily act on the input they receive.” Also, see his Twitter thread on design details and Christa Simon’s thread on design research.
Fantastic redesign of comments — now the pins are visible by default and form clusters when you zoom out. They’ve also added search, sorting, reactions, and selecting an area to comment on. Show or hide pins with Shift-C.
Plugin parameters are out of beta — open the quick action bar with Cmd-/ (Ctrl-/ on Windows), enter the plugin name, and select from a list of plugin-specific parameters or enter a custom value. Great way to speed up work with the keyboard.
So many great things in a single announcement! New pricing starting February 2022 ($0–5/editor/month), open sessions, widgets, plugins, embedded content, as well as new shapes, code blocks, and templates.
One of the many improvements that Figma ships unannounced. Looks really cool!
Hot 🥵 .. Have you seen the new transition when opening a file on the @figmadesign community ? And also the new layout of the pages. Kudos to @tonigemayel and all the team who manage/build the community space. pic.twitter.com/rocBiaS6CQ
— Steven H-A (@mrstev3n) October 21, 2021
Video recording of the latest announcements at FigJam: “Hear from Rogie, Bersabel, and Emily as they introduce Templates, new shapes, code blocks, open sessions, plugins, widgetsand new pricing! We’ll also feature live demos of widgets from our partners at Donut, Stark, and CoderPad; watch to learn how you can make FigJam the home for your brainstorms.“