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Gunn
New Member
May 4, 2025

Please bring back ui2

  • May 4, 2025
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Please bring back ui2, it's very hard to work with Figma right now actually. Instead of a gradual change, everything changed all at once. There's no need to make things more complicated than they need to be.

I've always been a big fan of Figma. It's so easy to use and it's a pleasure to work with. After spending some time getting to know Adobe's various features, I've found a product that's as easy as it is delightful. Whether I can creating both banners or designing pages, this product makes it a breeze. I learned all the features and capabilities in just one day in UI2!

Now, with the new UI3, working with a simple project is lengthened many times over. I just wanted to let you know that the menu on the right is very tricky to use. It's working with frames, and the position of objects inside has become inconvenient and very long.

I would really appreciate it if you could bring back the UI2 selection. I'm struggling with the new interface for the third day and can't get used to it.

I had no idea that this forum even existed until today! I'm so glad I found it. 

 

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Macdesign
New Member
May 5, 2025

Yep, same problem here. UI2 has a fluid UI UX. We should have the option to switch and choose UI2

Di ana
New Member
May 5, 2025

+

Andrey Barantsev
New Member
May 5, 2025

Please bring back the old UI, the new one is inconvenient, I work unproductively

one-one
New Participant
May 5, 2025

It seems that Figma is following the footsteps of other large companies who used to have great product when they listened to their users feedback and then they started to think they know everything and slowly but surely ruined everything step by step.


GOOD JOB Figma!

You are on the right path!


Yep, adobe’s vibes...

one-one
New Participant
May 5, 2025

How can I switch back to the old UI???

You can’t. UI2 was removed from Figma a few days ago. There is only UI3 now.

So, the point is to communicate to Figma that UI2 should be brought back. It’s fine to make a mistake. But more important to understand it / accept it / fix the problem. UI3 is mistake.

Tanya_Kolomiets
New Member
May 5, 2025

After the late autoupdate to new UI3, I can’t normally work because I can’t find any tool. I need to google every small action. After almost 10 years of the experience working with Sketch and Figma, now I feel like a junior designer that struggling to learn a new tool. The contrast of the toolbar is so slow that I even don’t see half of the elements. 

andrejg2008
New Member
May 6, 2025

UI3 is terrible. I also join the return of UI2.

Sylviaaa
New Member
May 6, 2025

I switched back zu UI2 for as long as I could after trying out the UI3 and hating it. Everything is less intuitive and more time consuming and confusing. I opened up Figma today and was told that now I have to use UI3 and I am not looking forward to having to work with this program.

I remember the day I found Figma. It was like christmas. This program was everything I needed and could wish for and I enjoyed every second of exploring the program. I cannot for the life of me understand the decisiones that went into this changes. Especially charring for a software with the purpose to make good UI and UX. Seems like you guys should get back to the roots and try again. I blame Adobe for this.

Since I have to work with this UI3 now, I will come back with a more detailed Feedback.

leart_alert
New Member
May 6, 2025

At first i switched to UI3 because all of the times before a figma update would bring joy and really great features. I tried to get used to it for 2 weeks before i switched back to UI2. Until now - where we’re forced to make the switch. 
As a product developer myself I understand the urge to make things better. But maybe a wide usertesting with feedback for UI3 would have been great. Maybe you did that but then I really don’t understand how this UI3 came to be. 

So what’s wrong with UI3 in my opinion:

  • Toolbar at the bottom. On phones, this would make sense for being close to the thumb. On desktop? I can’t stop looking for my tools at the top. Please put the bar at least back up.
  • New comments are nearly invisible. I always have to look on purpose to see whether there is a “red” dot. 
  • I often have to click multiple times to get to a feature because it's hidden inside an icon now. Which wasn’t the case before
  • Not everything needs a title and a section for its own. The input fields are so far apart I need to really look where I need to click. This slows down my workflow so so much guys. 

I have no patience at all. I’m a very quick worker. That's why I loved loved loved Figma. It was a breeze to work with Figma. Easy to understand and very easy to use. Every button at the right position. I’m just really frustrated, because of course i will still be using Figma. But now with frustration instead of humming my fav song.

 

Seriously, we had hourlong discord calls about how cool Figma was. Now it’s the opposite.

 

Please bring back UI2.

one-one
New Participant
May 6, 2025

Who hell on Earth came up with idea that hiding actions that are often used is a “great idea”? WHAT FOR? There was no ANY problem in visibility of the screen (neither design itself, nor comments, nor tools). Why this ‘compacting’ would be needed at first place? Why would I need ‘flattening’ components AT ALL?? It starts reminding me of a disastrous UI and UX of adobe’s bulky monopoly monster.

BRING UI2 BACK. UI3 is a mistake.