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Copying SVG from the browser
Nice tip! That’s something I use quite often.
Need a vector logo but can't find it online?
— Cory in SF (@coryetzkorn) February 12, 2020
1. Right click on the logo
2. Inspect
3. Find the SVG node
4. Right click >> copy >> copy outerHTML
5. Paste (⌘V) directly into @figmadesign pic.twitter.com/gGObil7yJr
Thread on using Figma for complex user testing
Adam Noffsinger shares his experience with using Figma for testing a self-driving car interface on a tablet using Figma Mirror.
I haven’t used @figmadesign for prototyping much, but this week we’ve been using it for complex user testing due to time constraints.
— Adam Noffsinger (@ANoffsinger) February 13, 2020
Thought I’d share some thoughts in a thread:
Naming (And Renaming) a Design System
Jules Forrest posted a summary of her Config talk as a Twitter thread.
In 2017, when I was first researching this problem, I learned there were two distinct approaches to naming design systems: utilitarian design systems names and fun design systems names. pic.twitter.com/O5VuNP0dea
— Jules Forrest (@julesforrest) February 7, 2020
Where is the line between a PM’s and a product designer’s role?
Director of Product at Figma Sho Kuwamoto asks a fundamental question. There are dozens of responses from the community, but don’t miss Dylan Field’s thread.
Question for y'all:
— Sho Kuwamoto (@skuwamoto) January 31, 2020
Some of us at @figmadesign were having a conversation about the line between a product manager's role and a product designers role.
What do you think? How have you seen it work in the past? How SHOULD it work ideally?
A sticker celebrating one team’s switch to Figma
Well, this is a fun way to celebrate a switch!
🚨FREE STICKER ALERT 🚨We created a sticker to celebrate our switch to @figmadesign. And yes I maybe overdid it😅. Let me know you want a sticker and I will send it over #figma pic.twitter.com/Fgmd9RS5ZZ
— jens roels (@jensroels) February 1, 2020
What if Figma was a native macOS app?
That dark theme looks damn fine.
What if… @figmadesign pic.twitter.com/njEs5PHgAC
— Roman 🇺🇦 (@RomaTesla) January 29, 2020
What are your favorite plugins?
Lots of great recommendations on Dann Petty’s Twitter.
What are your favorite @figmadesign plugins?
— DANN ツ (@DannPetty) January 31, 2020
Do you know how to select layers in Figma?
Gleb Sabirzyanov shares all known ways to select layers. There are more than you might have expected!
Do you know how to select layers in Figma? 🤔 Sounds extremely basic, right? Let’s break it down!
— Gleb Sabirzyanov (@gleb_sexy) January 22, 2020
Here is every single way to select objects in @figmadesign! #FigmaTip #Thread pic.twitter.com/A7OMXuiH6g
Sneak peek at updates to Text and Type Details panels
Coming in the next release. So happy to see resizing moved to the top level!
We are changing it. This is what the text property panel will look like in the next release :–) pic.twitter.com/H0XhAU39gB
— Rasmus Andersson (@rsms) January 15, 2020
Cameron Moll: Reminder to regularly backup your .fig files
Luckily, the support team was able to help Cameron locate his files under a different account, but this is a good reminder to backup your cloud files. (Even more so if the account is managed by someone else and your access can be revoked.)
Because your Figma files are stored entirely by the app, consider doing regular backups as .fig in the event you open the app one day and files are missing, nowhere to be found. (This is my story. And while the @figmadesign support team have been very responsive, still no files.)
— Cameron Moll (@cameronmoll) January 16, 2020
Steve Schoger: Strokes don’t export properly when you have mixed caps and joins
Good to know, I faced this issue a few times before and chose to outline strokes, but this is not always possible or ideal.
Figure this Figma exporting issue out! It doesn't export properly when you have mixed caps and joins.
— Steve Schoger (@steveschoger) January 14, 2020
cc/ @figmadesign https://t.co/gQWsaluzzX pic.twitter.com/zP3pE770HD
An interesting discussion about working in private when you’re not ready to share results with the team
A common approach seems to be using a separate private project for experimenting and then moving finished work to a public place. Figma designers use this approach internally as well.
In all seriousness there is a place for collaboration and there is a place for heads down work. I hope Figma can support this.
— Tuhin Kumar (@tuhin) January 17, 2020
At minimum hiding cursors would be a start (does that exist already?).
cc @nlevin @rsms
Why the items in an Auto Layout frame go backward
Figma’s Director of Product wrote a detailed explanation of why layers are ordered backward inside an Auto Layout frame. This thread is a good illustration of how many factors have to be considered even for a seemingly simple design choice.
A lot of people have been asking why the items in an Auto Layout frame go backwards in @figmadesign.
— Sho Kuwamoto (@skuwamoto) December 10, 2019
I usually hesitate to answer seemingly simple questions that end up requiring super long answers, but... here we go!
1/n
Figma renders the letter X as a multiplication sign
Nice observation. Figma’s team has great attention to detail.
So @figmadesign renders the letter X as a multiplication sign in the layer list when it's surrounded by numbers 👌 pic.twitter.com/GAZNpjkFFP
— Jerry Jäppinen (@jerryjappinen) December 18, 2019