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April 2, 2025
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Forcing UI3 on us is a HUGE mistake! Let us choose! - April 30

  • April 2, 2025
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I can't believe Figma is forcing this change on us. UI3 is, without a doubt, the most unfriendly design possible. It has made my workflow painfully slow and incredibly unproductive. What’s the harm in letting people CHOOSE which UI works best for them?

I always thought switching to UI3 was a HUGE mistake, but I never felt the need to comment on it because UI2 was still an option. Now that you're FORCING this change, I have to speak up.

This is NOT an upgrade. It’s a downgrade in usability, efficiency, and user experience. Figma was supposed to be about flexibility and user-centered design—so why ignore the feedback of those who actually use the platform every day?

Give us back the choice. Let people stick to UI2 if they want. This forced migration is a slap in the face to long-time users who built their workflow around UI2.

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    Vern B
    Vern B
    New Member
    April 9, 2025

    With the way I work I hate that I am being forced to have a UI at the bottom of the screen. For my setup the UI gets blocked by the laptop I use to review requirements while I work. If they really want to make things usable, allow us to move and adjust the UI to fit our workflows and habits. That would be user centric. 

      Dmitry_Avrov
      Dmitry_Avrov
      New Participant
      April 9, 2025

      Fully agree.

        Katelyn_Ernesto
        Katelyn_Ernesto
        New Member
        April 9, 2025

        UI3 is a bad update and your team undermining years of muscle memory for a bad update bc of your egos is the worst. 

          Anastasia Zotov
          Anastasia Zotov
          New Participant
          April 9, 2025

          Totally agree.

          I hate that I’m being forced to use new UI layout and I cannot choose.

          I hate UI3 because of how different it is from the previous version and how visually noisy the right panel had become, with all grey background for inputs, extra fields and no separation between sections.

          It is absurd that UI/UX and Web designers, who are the biggest auditory of Figma in general, are forced to have very bad experience in the software they use to create a good experience.

           

          p.s. I pray for some dev, who will create a plugin to bring back the old UI.

            Jyoni K
            Jyoni K
            New Member
            April 10, 2025

            Just leave UI2 alone!

              Radu_Muntean
              Radu_Muntean
              New Member
              April 10, 2025

              Agreed. UI2 is so much more efficient. I don’t get this completely backwards way they reordered useful items. Like, gee, thanks for removing an entire navbar and moving the shape interesect/union and burrying it in a submenu, but at least now we have an always visible “FigPal” button 

              Figma really has its priorities set straight.

              Dumb.

                Stefan_Thyron
                Stefan_Thyron
                New Member
                April 10, 2025

                AGREE, LET US KEEP UI2!

                  Richard_Silcock
                  Richard_Silcock
                  New Member
                  April 10, 2025

                  Agree! This has to be the worst design decision of any product team I’ve ever seen.

                    Dima_Novosad1
                    Dima_Novosad1
                    Active Member
                    April 10, 2025

                    The island is a reflection of the mind. The decision not to integrate the island into a broader ecosystem leads to an unsustainable form of decision-making, as it isolates itself from outside influences and feedback. Without connection to the larger system, the island—like the mind—risks collapse, unable to adapt to or engage with the broader environment necessary for its survival and growth.

                      Sizwe Moabi
                      Sizwe Moabi
                      New Member
                      April 11, 2025

                      And I also dont understand why they refuse to let us customise the interface back to UI2 or just let us keep UI2 because surely they’re seeing the vast amounts of complaints in the forum

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