I am just going to say it: I’m worried about @Figma’s new UI. By boxing every parameter and rounding all the corners, they are losing some of their elegance while increasing the visual complexity making the space look even busier than before.

It's exactly what I asked for 🤣

Helen Tran Exactly. There’s embodying best practice, then there’s influencing visual direction. Tools like Figma‘s functions alone nudge creative decisions too much, their visual palette should be as neutral as possible.

Why has nobody thought of displaying alarms in calendar apps, alongside events and reminders?

Recently Figma introduced UI3 and new AI features. From my observations, newcomers seem excited by these changes, while seasoned designers feel Figma may have missed the mark. I'm from the second category. Here are 10 features that I've been waiting for a long time and that will

The thing we knew would happen, happened.

Lossless music streaming was a mistake. I absolutely love listening to audio clipping in full 24 bit 192 kHz /s CDs were safe from the loudness shenanigans...

Should tabs have hidden functions? Is this bad UX design? And I thought bringing up a context menu via long-press wasn't obvious enough for users...

After the last Windows10 update, I now have a destination called "Linux" in my File Explorer 👀😅

Hey Figma when are you planning to add Pixel 9 device frames?

Hundreds of Beavers Hundreds of Beavers Movie is one of the funniest and most creative films I've seen in recent years. 🍅 9/10.

I rarely share my work because I often feel it's not good enough and would look too embarrassing on my timeline. Guess I should stop worrying so much...

Google in 2012: adds lock screen widgets to Android 4.2. Apple: Google in 2014: removes lock screen widgets. Apple in 2022: adds lock screen widgets to iOS 16. Google: 😳 Google in 2025:

So nice of Facebook to let me know they'll use AI to scan my messages.

To Figma'd design team: Why did you make everything smaller in UI3?