Dylan Field’s Post

Design is more important than ever. In a world where AI will be able to output fully-functioning interfaces from a simple prompt, craft will differentiate great products from obvious solutions. I hope that the features launching today at #Config2024 will support that end-to-end process and unblock creativity so teams can go from idea to product. Let’s go through some of our launches: - New product: Figma Slides! You’ve been asking for speaker notes so we are giving you that and more. We’re gradually rolling this out so please try it and let us know what you think. - Figma AI: Our approach to bringing AI to the Figma editor is to address real pain points that stand in the way of your craft. Today, you’ll see a lot of AI features that do monotonous tasks for you and help you stay in the flow (Rename Layers and Make Prototype). Some are still MVP, but others are immediately useful. For example, Make Design helps you get to your first idea faster with a first draft and Visual Search finds similar designs already existing in your team. - UI3: We don’t take UI changes lightly. We put a lot of thought into making UI3 in Figma feel familiar while also reducing bloat and making it easier to use. We know that it may take some time to adjust to these changes, so we’re slowly rolling them out to users, starting today. You are welcome to turn this redesign off as we improve UI3 with your feedback. Eventually we will migrate all users to UI3. - Dev Mode: Since the launch, teams have marked over 4 million designs as ready for dev! We’re now introducing Ready for Dev View, Focus View, and new statuses. - Also available today, Code Connect is out of beta with new improvements like surfacing connected code snippets in the component playground, a new tool to streamline setup, and support for React, React Native, iOS, Android (with more to come!). Thank you to everyone who showed up for Config IRL and virtually! Lots more on what we’ve built and what we’re building here: https://lnkd.in/eRavMsr4

We made the choice (a controversial one at the time) to build Figma on the web, specifically to make it easier to design and collaborate in real time. But that space hasn’t been a great home for developers. With Dev Mode, we are working to change that. Dev Mode is out of beta today with new features to make it faster to go from idea to code - like annotations, better ways to compare changes, and improvements to Figma for VS Code. Just as Figma on the web broke down silos, we hope Dev Mode can do the same. So that we can move away from the idea of handoff, and toward faster, more fluid collaboration. Much more to come from Figma for developers and Dev Mode. In the meantime, here’s everything you need to know about what we’ve built - and why: https://lnkd.in/d3UHV3wZ

Figma was never intended to be a design-only tool. We created it for the entire team — from idea to product. That’s why we built Dev Mode, to help Figma work better for devs. Because design shouldn’t just be about your role, it should be about the work of building great products. Next week we will be shipping annotations (!!), improvements to diffing, plugins, and the VS Code extension. It’s our biggest dev mode launch since we announced at Config last year, and it wouldn’t be possible without the advice and feedback of our community. Lots more ahead — excited to share it with you all soon! https://lnkd.in/eXd9nnqg

Love this review of the Figma Creator Micro! From the earliest days of Figma, I always wondered what it would be like to make Figma more powerful through custom hardware. So exciting to see this starting to come to life through this collab with Work Louder! https://lnkd.in/erf5PBU6

Today we are ending our pending acquisition with Adobe, as we no longer see a path toward regulatory approval of the deal. I am so proud of how the Figma team navigated the uncertainty of a pending acquisition, shipping and building over an epic 2023, and I’m so grateful to our community for supporting us. Lots ahead in 2024! https://lnkd.in/gvhrKQf2