Bring Back List View for Your Files

To be honest, it makes so little sense on a pro tool that I thought it was a bug.

So fully agree with the comments above.

Just got this from Figma Support:

“We’ve removed the List View toggle to help create a smoother browsing experience. We believe that the Grid View makes it easier to scan and find files quickly, but we understand how this change will take time to get used to. Your input is invaluable as we continue to look for ways to enhance navigation. If you have any other thoughts, suggestions, or feedback, we’d love to hear them.
 
Please let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with,”

It's a really stupid decision that makes no sense. If they had said it was to save time for their developers, it would make sense. But claiming that removing List View provides a better user experience is just dumb.

It doesn't provide a smoother browsing experience when you have many files. On the contrary, it makes it much harder to get an overview.

The use of truncated filenames makes it even worse, as it's now impossible to distinguish between files with similar names, so you have to keep clicking in and out of files to find the right one.

We expect better from you Figma!
 

Who is “we”???  Obviously not folks who use this platform every day….  

AGAIN…. BRING IT BACK!!!!!

The “GRID VIEW” does NOT make it easier, it makes it MUCH MORE DIFFICULT to find older files, let alone duplicate and rename for transferring…..  it is NOT an improvement, it is causing MORE WORK…. so BRIN IT BACK!   Please…..

 What a disappointing answer… “You’ll get used to it.”

There are serious usability problems (truncated names is a great example...) and we’re supposed to get used to it? Used to a bad experience is the sort of thing I try to work against, everyday, and this is the tool that’s supposed to help me do that.

Such a poor decision. Are you guys sure you know how your user base is currently using your solutions and tools? Because, judging only from the backlash of this update, this seems to be a little be on the “miss” side. Before rolling out such a pivotal update to the main experience it would have been a good idea to do some beta testing first. In other words… deleting this feature was a poor choice over all.

Makes me question FIGMA altogether……. why not just leave it.  “You’ll get used to it” is an unacceptable response.

Absolutely wild to suggest that removing an option makes anything easier for the users. If I found grid view easier to use before I would have been using it. Obviously everyone who was using the list view found the list view easier to use.

The only thing this change actually makes easier is their development of the code, since they don’t have to maintain two views now. Presenting that like it’s a benefit for the users is absolutely disingenuous. 

Whoever they finally hire for the Director of UX job listing that’s been on LinkedIn for months should make poor decisions like this a priority. The idea that “the Grid View makes it easier to scan and find files quickly.” most certainly wasn’t surfaced by a designer. Maybe penpot is worth checking out...

To say that it was an unpleasant surprise this morning to find everything splayed out in a thumbnail gallery with truncated file names would be a tremendous understatement.

I can't tell if I'm more baffled or appalled (a bit of both?) to see the rationale and response that this reduction in/removal of functionality is some sort of objective quality of life improvement that will simply take time to get used to.

No matter what spin is applied, removing this option makes no sense, and it will absolutely have a negative impact on my workflow as long as it's no longer available.

What were you guys thinking? Worst decision you’ve made. Finding what I need takes 10 times longer now.