You can now rename files in the desktop app by double-clicking the tab name.
The desktop app on macOS now sports a refreshed app icon.
Robert Bye highlights some details of the new desktop app shipped with UI3. I love the new calm tab icons!
Gavin Nelson made a beautiful alternative icon for the desktop Figma app.
Split tabs are now available in the desktop app! Miggi shows how to get the most out of them. Keeping split tabs with raw materials in FigJam while designing in Figma is surprisingly convenient and something I’ve been doing a lot this week.
There were hints about split tabs for a while, and now they’re available in the beta version of the desktop app. Luis highlights some of the use cases in this thread, including keeping a prototype on the side, managing variables, iterating on designs at different zoom levels, updating local components, and many more.
Split tabs, now in the Figma Desktop Beta app ❖
— luis. (@disco_lu) March 12, 2024
Download it and let us know your thoughts!https://t.co/UGF11cLLjw pic.twitter.com/RNbg1ieCvz
Bjango, the maker of the popular apps iStat Menus and Snowflake, tests how various design tools utilize memory, what’s their baseline usage with no documents open, and how memory grows with lots of large documents open. Not surprisingly, Figma has the highest memory usage as an Electron app. “I believe Figma loads a full copy of the application per tab, which may be part of the cause for its high memory usage. Each tab is also limited to 2GB of RAM, leaving around 1.75 GB for the largest possible document. Put another way, if you purchased a Mac Studio with 192 GB of RAM, you could only open documents that use less than 1% of it. This is different from the other applications tested, which have access to the Mac Studio’s full 192 GB, minus whatever the system is using. Figma simultaneously uses the most overall memory of all the tools tested, while also being the most constrained.”
Is this an important update? No. But is it fun? Hell yes! The FigJam team keeps delivering the most delight per buck.
9/32 Haptics on desktop app (Mac)
— Figma (@figma) March 28, 2023
Feel design and collaboration coming together with new haptics when you emote, high-five in FigJam, and more.
(And if you don't like it, you can turn it on/off in Preferences) pic.twitter.com/9YVbEL7krk
Robert Bye reflects on his first full year at the new Figma Native apps team and how much their desktop, iPad, and phone apps have changed in 2022
Reflecting back on my first full year at Figma it's amazing to see how far the new Native apps team has come, and how much our products have improved.
— Robert Bye (@RobertJBye) January 20, 2023
Take a read to see how our desktop, iPad, and phone apps have changed in 2022.
Never miss a beat in Figma or FigJam with notifications. Now available on iOS, Android, or desktop.
When you open a new tab in the desktop app you’ll now see your recent files, making it easier to pick up where you left off.
Nice update to the desktop app making it easy to pick up where you left off.
We just shipped a small update to the @figma desktop app 🎉
— Robert Bye (@RobertJBye) September 20, 2022
On the new tab page we now show your recent files, making it easy to pick up where you left off.
Download the Beta to get access now! https://t.co/Lqd0vAwh6p pic.twitter.com/nkq51T5lGR
Stay in the loop on notifications when you’re in the desktop app, with a new notification bell that lives in your menu bar. Install or update the beta app to the latest version.
Tabs now show new Figma, FigJam, and prototype favicons. Using an emoji in the file name automatically updates the default icon. Tabs also can be pinned to the left side of the tab bar or dragged out of the existing window to create a new one (super useful for keeping an actual-size preview while working zoomed in).
Dan Hollick explains why colors in Figma can be different from the colors found on the web. Personally, I usually keep the Figma desktop app in sRGB color space to avoid surprises, only switching to Unmanaged for specific tasks.
Have you ever used a color in Figma and found it looked totally different on the web?
— Dan Hollick 🇿🇦 (@DanHollick) December 15, 2021
Well I have some good news:
a) you're not crazy.
b) that's changing. pic.twitter.com/F5pOYYdY1g
The developer of the popular Mac app iStat Menus tested how various design tools utilize the hardware they’re running on. For Figma, GPU seems to be more important than CPU, while memory is not a big factor as usage is limited to 2GB per tab. Good to know if you’re getting a new Mac but not sure about the config.