AMA: Figma 2.0

6 years ago from Dylan Field, CEO at Figma

  • Pablo StanleyPablo Stanley, 6 years ago

    I'm loving Figma! The collaboration part is winning me over. Some quick questions

    • Any chance you're adding simple transitions between artboards on the prototyping part?
    • Any plan on opening up Figma to allow developers to create plugins?
    • Other than Figma, which other design tool or app do you love?
    • Favorite type of ice cream?
    • Useless talent?

    You can limit yourself to only answer the first two questions, lol

    10 points
    • Andrew Richardson, 6 years ago

      Overlay option would be great as well. Maintaining multiple artboards that are 90% the same and only small things change state is a bit tedious. It'd be nice to make smaller artboards for specific elements to change when interacted with.

      3 points
    • Dylan FieldDylan Field, 6 years ago

      Ha, good questions!

      1. We've heard a lot of requests for this since launching 2.0 and it's something the team is talking about! Stay tuned!
      2. Currently exploring a variety of ways to build on top of Figma. We're biased towards building a web API first to get data out of Figma which we think would unlock a bunch of awesome use cases. If you would be interested in developing on top of a Figma API, ping me! [my first name] @ figma.com.
      3. One app that has changed my life is https://www.getspar.com/. Basically it helps you get motivated to build new habits through mechanisms like social accountability, competition and loss aversion. It made me go from a sedentary lifestyle to marathon training.
      4. Definitely my mom's homemade blackberry ice cream :) I grew up in Northern California where there are a lot of wild blackberries and I love this time of year because I associate it with picking blackberries and making pie / ice cream.
      5. We just had a "variety show" (talent optional) at Figma. Was super fun and it was amazing to see how much talent there was on the Figma team! This year I had a small solo (just a few measures) and I think I sort of convinced the team I could sing :)
      6 points
      • Pablo StanleyPablo Stanley, 6 years ago

        Thanks for answering, Dylan! Really appreciate it :) Great to see you're working on an API! And I'm sure your voice is lovely, lol.

        2 points