Radley

It kind of makes sense that extended collections are an enterprise-only feature, since it’s so niche. My interpretation would help solve some of the library-inheritance issues caused by variables, and I hope it will eventually be available to all users.

I finally got a chance to explore @Figma’s extended collections. I think a better term would have been subcollections. In my mind, extended collections meant that we could extend the collection of any library with new variables that use the same base modes.

@pwnies Uhm, Figma already knows why: "Many teams, especially medium-large teams, often decide the best approach is to break up their components into multiple libraries. This tends to scale much better.” figma.com/best-practices…

Our thinking is it's a solve for companies with more than 10 different brands. This usually aligns with very large companies. The other use case is for agencies who have a white-labelled system they use to support multiple clients, whose main day to day job is working in Figma itself. Both of these align with our perspective that you should be on the highest tier. If you have a use case outside of that however that we missed, would love to know!

AMA about Slots, Extended Collections, Check Designs, and any of the other Schema announcements today. You've got q's, I've got a's.

@miggi @figma Vertical hug, for sure. That’s how most digital layouts work. Use case? TABLES. Admittedly, it is essentially a non-starter if the number of rows and columns remain static. Grids have the potential to be much, much more.

Happy Thursday to those designers using Grid in @Figma who wish for Hug resizing! We would love to know your specific use cases requiring hug in Grid. Feel free to comment below or DM me. Cheers.

@pwnies Or a Walter Bishop type…

Comparing AI agents to a "jr developer" is the wrong framing. AI is the genius developer who shows up drunk.

@briannekimmel Classic hybrid designer/developers

Vibe coding in its current state seems to fall into two camps: 1. Folks who can't code but want to build something 2. Technical folks who can build faster than a traditional developer/programmer using AI-first tools What am I missing?

@icanvardar There’s penpot.app

figma's been around since the dinosaurs and now it's just a bloated vegas buffet of plugins, popups, and modals that open every time i blink is there like. an open source figma that doesn’t make me want to punch a dropdown?? pls. my brain is lagging at 2fps

@su_dreams @rrhoover I’ve found cold, plain carbonated water to be the easiest solution. Preferably from a SodaStream, so you can adjust the amount of carbonation.

To whoever wants to build this - the problem I have is not the pills. I have two pill boxes that I fill every 2 weeks My problems is taking all those pills just doesn’t go down well. It would be a lot easier if it was all in powder format - I understand that stability and taste is an issue but I’m sure there’s a way to make it even a little better For the record I’m trying to deal with some medical issues and need to take a ton of pills, so for anyone who says I shouldn’t be - yeah I wouldn’t on a normal basis but I’m guessing I’m not the only one dealing with this issue Not to mention the fillers they add into the pills - can’t be great for you

Has anyone built PillPack for vitamins? I’d pay $50/mo to save the time it takes me to sort into my old man case.

@gleb_sexy We already do this, so I’m not sure what’s changed. I strongly recommend against an all-modes approach because it will have a similar set of issues as all-variants. A hybrid approach works best, reserving modes for patterns (as Figma recommends).

This is a fundamentally new approach to building components in Figma. Component Props → Variables. I love how easy it is with the Mr.Biscuit's Variable Visualizer plugin!

@jeremiahjw @gleb_sexy They’re only amicable when it has a high chance of failing. It’s “app store” all over again.

lots of people in my timeline showing how little they know about trademark law. this is the nicest cease and desist letter I’ve ever seen

@gleb_sexy Do you need to change those values often enough that they need to persist? In my experience, they’re set & forget values 99% of the time (and I build component libraries all day).

I don't like that Fill/Hug settings in Figma are hidden a click away in the menu. Drafted some options for alternatives for a single click. Which one do you prefer? Any other ideas? I like V2 but feel like the icons are not very scannable.

@gleb_sexy @figma I add any obvious global values as I go along: color variables, breakpoint variables (for page layouts & grids), and text styles. They make it easy to tweak and explore alternatives. Plus, I don’t want to spend a lot of time hunting down and connecting everything after.

When working on a project in @figma, at what stage do you usually introduce Variables and Styles? Do you pre-define them and then adjust as the project goes? Do you define them as you go after creating certain components? Or do you systemize things when project is almost ready?

@pie6k Lock in place is great, thanks! Fwiw, I try to ensure my zoom & reposition start just as the mouse moves so it’s motivated by the action. Then they settle into place generously-before the cursor arrives at the target, for stronger “zero in” anticipation.

I'm thinking about changing the default Screen Studio animation style a bit. To make it a bit quicker and more rigid, so it stabilizes faster and makes it easier to follow and read content, and also to make it feel a bit more "edited in a classical way." WDYT?

LMAO, Apple in the mud. Who here actually uses Siri? I personally don’t because it doesn’t have cutting-edge technology. ~ Garry Tan

.@discord_support your latest app update is bricked on macOS. The window will show up, but then it's frozen.

@VJKSKA Or just use a very high-resolution image in your comps? I’d hold off on optimizing images until export or a server image-generator.

@radley It would be nice to see bitmap resolution adjustments along with this. Is it in already?

Probably the #1 request since auto-layout was introduced ✅ It works out of the gate for variable width + fill layouts. For everything else, you can use nested frames to apply behaviors (variable height, alignment, etc).

SpiRobs (Octopus-Inspired Logarithmic Spiral Robot) by the University of Science and Technology of China.

He was starting to really annoy me. I was a new design director, running my first set of accounts and projects with my brand new team. The seasoned executive producer at the agency I worked at was out for parental leave, and we had a contract executive producer filling in for the next few months. I was leading a pretty big account, and this new guy started coming to my meetings all of a sudden. Any time I’d make a suggestion, he’d suggest the opposite. Any time I proposed a solution, he’d chime in that we’d solve it a different way. After a few weeks of this, I was starting to get annoyed, but I didn’t know what to do about it. So I asked him to have lunch with me one day. He apathetically agreed. I suggested a lunch place a few blocks away, and he said he’d meet me there after his meeting ended. I got a table and looked over the menu while waiting for him. A few minutes later, he walked in, and the server came over to take our order, starting with me. “I’ll have a burger.” ”Great. And for you, sir?” “Just fries.” “That’s it?” I asked. “This won’t be a long lunch,” he snubbed. Ouch. I took a deep breath, then got straight to the point. “Have I done something to offend you?“ I started. “Whaddya mean?” “Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like everything I say to our client, you seem to second-guess or have a different opinion about.” “I’ve worked with plenty of designers like you,” he fired back. “You promise the world to clients but then leave the developers and everyone else on the team holding the bag, and the project suffers for it. It always blows the budget and timeline for some creative whim.” “I get that,” I stated calmly, ”but that’s not me. You haven’t worked with me before. Would you give me a chance to show you that?” He contemplated. We ended up spending 2 more hours at that lunch, getting to know each other and clumsily figuring out how to collaborate successfully. He kept ordering fries, ultimately going through four plates. Over the next few months, we became close collaborators, figuring out how to take advantage of each other’s strengths. After both eventually leaving that agency, he’s hired me twice at startups he founded and exited. Years later, in an introduction email, he called me the best designer he’s ever worked with. Sometimes, it takes just fries.