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Probly the best and most easy to use web layout I have used so far. I much preferred it to XD. There were things that I didnt understand when doing straight CSS coding but after using figma It became clear. Their free account gives limited function but not time so you have a chance to learn the basics without the pressure of running out of time. There are tons of resources on youTube which makes research very easy. I picked up the very basics in a few hours. I recommend it.
I can't imagine how popular and industry standard interface designing tools like these could have UI as poor as they do - on a smaller laptop screen, I couldn't even see the login button on their login page on my browser at one point. There's a huge irony here. Also has some question marks in terms of reliability. I'm in a work situation where I need access files I'm importing from the web on the browser. After two or three "failed login attempts" on a somewhat slow connection, they've basically locked me out of my account for an hour. Such an unnecessary, poorly implemented, and excessive security measure and could prove costly in crunch situations.
Figma is an extremely powerful tool for graphic designers because it has a wide range of features that can help with design tasks. You can create stunning designs and infographics in no time. Its powerful collaboration feature allows users to interact with each other and find a suitable design solution.
The Figma business billing process is corrupt and disingenuous in my opinion.Any user can share artwork with others, such as clients. This makes those users a viewer. Fine right?Wrong. Let me explain why."Viewer" accounts can then upgrade themselves to editors and add themselves to other products such as Figjam. This carries a $540 annual cost per user per product, which they attempt to bill you upfront; Admins have to then proactively notice this, and manually go in and downgrade the account before the billing date rolls over to prevent this from happening.It's a predatory black hat process which aims to trick small businesses into paying more.The crazy thing about this is that viewers can also share, making more viewers that can then also make themselves editors. Viewer accounts are essentially a deliberate security hole in their user system, one that sees companies pay more by mistake, not by choice.
Generally awesome for designs, but some aspects of UX are super hard to figure out for things like brainstorming. Here's an example - resizing sticky notes is really unintuitive, as when you resize an element it reacts unpredictably, changes the font size all over the place... Not a huge deal, particularly for designers themselves, but for collaboration there could be some improvements.
We were using the free version and then came back to a file after a couple of months, it gave us the sign up or else pop-up and we thought sure no problem, we're getting value, let's sign up. The thing is after signing up for a year it turned out that it was under my colleagues account and then he had to sign up too. So we've been charged double and instead of customer support, we've been met by silence when asking for help.This is very shady practice and you would hope for better. Given this experience and now what I've seen from other reviewers, you might want to think twice before paying for a subscription.
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