Graeme Fulton looks into the difference between ​“open design” and ​“open-source design tools”, the new opportunity for an era of open-source design amidst Adobe ⨉ Figma, and how designers can be a driving force behind open-source itself. Sketch’s open file format is something we’ve always taken for granted.

Convertify plugin just added the import of the Adobe XD files. I believe the writing about XD’s future is on the wall, so it’s a good time to start the migration.

Updates to a new file screen in FigJam: ​“Instantly populate your file with the building blocks needed to host a brainstorm, create a flowchart, or craft a meeting agenda with the new quick start guide in FigJam files.”

Congrats to the FigJam team! It’s definitely the most fun and delightful product I’ve used in a while.

Auto-convert pasted text links to Jira and Asana tasks into FigJam widgets.

Adobe representative to Protocol: ​“While we have been reducing our investment in XD, we will continue to support it. We are excited about Figma’s vision for the future of product design and the potential of our teams coming together to benefit our customers. After the transaction closes (expected in 2023), we will share more information.” RIP XD.

A super useful tip by Miggi. The power of combining FigJam with Figma always keeps surprising me.

Easy and fast way to access a pre-defined color palette in FigJam.

“Coordinated, moderated usability testing takes time. Maze makes it faster and easier with unmoderated user testing! In this video, Pamela Porto provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a usability test in Maze with a Figma Prototype.”

“FigJam is a great place to host all kinds of meetings and collaborative exercises with your team. In this video, we’re going to show you a few ways to prepare for effective meetings that will help your team build, align, and connect with one another.”

Mizko with a new video comparing the design hand-off process using Figma vs Zeplin.

At Microsoft, Figma is winning over Adobe XD as their design tool of choice. Jordan Novet wrote an interesting profile for CNBC showing how several acquisitions and internal demand led to its rise in popularity, even while Microsoft and Adobe have worked together for over 20 years.

Undo and redo faster in FigJam iPad mobile app: two-finger tap to undo, three-finger tap to redo, and three-finger swipe left/​right to undo/​redo.

Jam seamlessly in FigJam iPad mobile app with Observation mode and Spotlight.

Find more stickers by right-clicking on one to reveal a link to the parent library.

Now you can use copy and paste to quickly replace image fills in FigJam.

Experience a more responsive Apple pencil when you’re using FigJam on iPad mobile app.

Easily size shapes to the same dimensions using new guidelines to match height and width.

Old news for our readers ;-) Hover over stamps to see who left them.

Stay in the diagram flow, with Connector tool (X) now persisting by default; hit Esc or V to return to the Move tool.