Molly Hellmuth with a detailed walkthrough of beta features and why they’re worth using right away.

Joey Banks explains why new features are so important for the design systems’ work.

Sho Kuwamoto, Director of Product at Figma, on new features and applying the concept of ​“composition” from engineering to design systems.

New component property features in open beta: exposed nested instances for more customization, preferred values for more clarity when instance swapping, and simplified instances for more focus on relevant properties.

“You can now review, respond, and leave feedback to comments from your phone or tablet.”

Luis on why it’s important to optimize for the usage of components.

Fantastic thread on why collaboration features in XD or Sketch would never match Figma: ​“In short, Adobe would have never caught up to Figma. It’s genuinely easier and cheaper for them to use Figma’s architecture to rebuild all of their existing applications than to try to make any of their existing apps as delightfully multiplayer as Figma.”

“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.”

Beautiful demo of a powerful animation plugin Aninix.

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

Pavel Babkin shows how to move objects along the path using the Figma Motion plugin.

Trim text elements by nesting them within frames to remove space above capital letters and below the baseline. This removes the bounding box and makes text behave as every other element in your layout. See also this thread by Roman Shamin on how font metrics leading to equal space above and below the text can make digital design and development easier.

Anthony DiSpezio with a great tip on controlling opacity and zoom level with the number keys.

Patrick Morgan asked designers about their favorite Figma shortcuts and shares the top 10 recommendations based on 220+ responses.

The makers of the Aninix plugin explain animation timing in this detailed Twitter thread.

A quick look at the process of updating an existing component with Component Properties and releasing an update with minimal friction for the design team.

Pavel Babkin explains how to use link animation for layer properties in his popular Motion plugin to easily animate complex scenes.

Christine Vallaure highlights some of Figma’s features and possibilities to help you build a design that aligns with code as much as needed and improve your teamwork.

“In this panel, four industry-leading femmes (Anna E. Cook, Shell Little, Alexis Lucio, and Tolu Adegbite) discuss the practice of inclusivity and accessibility in design. They dive into what it means to integrate accessibility into designs, inclusive design thinking, the tools designers can use to empower their work, and the different roles designers take on in inclusivity practices.”

In this live stream, Figma’s Cristen Torrey, Director of Product Research, and Andrew Hogan, Insights & Analysis Lead, dive deeper into the recently launched collaboration report. They go behind the scenes of the research, answer questions, and help identify what you can do to make your next meeting, day, or week better.