UI3 Feedback

Maybe their goal was/is to make Figma a Canva competitor…? It tracks with Slides (and FigJam)

I’d propose a “Figma Lite” for the Canva people if that’s what they were aiming for.

Figma is a professional tool.

I agree, it’s it’s an awful experience. This applies for both the design UI&UX but it’s even worse for the “development” license. It used to be a great tool but now you (Figma) keep adding regression after regression and ask for more and more money…

Cmnd+Shift+\ - hide left-side (layers) panel short cut used to work all the time.
With the new UI3 it only works from bubble mode and only if an object is selected - see 1st attachment.

Previously the Cmnd+ Shift+\ option hide left-side (layers) panel worked all the time and I really miss that. Now with UI3 it does not work if we both sides of the UI are visible (no-bubbles mode) and no object is selected - see image 2 -

I really miss that I must be able to hide left side at any time no just when object is selected in bubble mode.

Besides the bubble mode of the UI is a complete flop - goes against all Figma principles of efficiency and effectiveness. You can not waste a whole strip of screen all around the design panel to make this stupid designers bubble mode of the UI. What a stupid idea that is. - see image 3 -

I feel for you as I had the exact same experience and I hinted the exact same thing - they either fired UI2 designers or the designers left for a better job, and the newbies doing UI3 were trying to add “flavour” I guess to the UI which must be practical and effective.

I also end up moving object to the left instead of reducing their size simply because I expect the dimensions to be at the top of the design panel. With UI3 it feels like the main top-half of the design panel is occupied by details about the Position of the object.

Also, who in the world decides that Alignment is part of the Position of the object and not part of the Layout of objects (relationship between objects). So in UI3 I need to align first (in Position ?), then figure out where the gap between evenly distributed objects can be specified (in Layout) - Why aren’t those next to each other as in UI2 - it is part of the same action ?!?!?, right?

Also, who in the world decides that Alignment is part of the Position of the object and not part of the Layout of objects (relationship between objects). So in UI3 I need to align first (in Position ?), then figure out where the gap between evenly distributed objects can be specified (in Layout) - Why aren’t those next to each other as in UI2 - it is part of the same action ?!?!?, right?

Move “Alignment” line down into “Layout” group. So that “Layout” group should house:

• Alignment
• Spacing
• Dimensions
  in this very order, like in UI2

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Who in the world decided that Alignment is part of Position ?!?!?!?
Alignment is part of Layout
“Alignment” and object “Spacing” between objects as well well object “Dimensions” should be together - and they should all live inside the “Layout” group in the Design panel !!!

See attached
UI3 WRONG → How it should be (like in UI2)

Really like the new single minimize button to maximize canvas space

It’s very annoying that words don’t fit. There is space, it can be expanded

@OG_Can Said it well above. (I cannot reply directly to that since this forum seems broken as well.)

UI2 was just fine… this new version has dropped my productivity at least 30% by making search for every feature at least for 15 seconds and in many places it is actually misleading. One of my main peeves is that Position, autolayout & appearance panels don’t stay in the same place vertically anymore, since Component options panel – which changes in size – is above them. Having to search for them every time I go through various types of components is very annoying.

I really wished UI3 would’ve introduced customizable panels like in Adobe products. That would’ve added real value.

So, I worked with UI3 for a day or two, but got frustrated with options being hidden, moved and the stupid floating bar at the bottom. I switched back to UI2 and haven’t looked back.

Having a toolbar on top is just way easier. Also, each subset of tools was in the middle, so doing boolean operations, creating components or having other settings available is way easier in UI2 than in UI3.

If Figma ever decides to scrap UI2, I may have to switch… but until they’ve tweaked all the bad UX our if UI3, I’m staying right where I am.

Shouldn’t a new product be an upgrade?

I think you lost me with the…

“Makes features more intuitive by improving their placement, grouping, and how they adapt to different contexts”

• Putting everything that’s clickable in a gray box doesn’t make it easier to read, it just causes eye fatigue. Things feel LESS clickable.

• Moving component options to the top right, the farthest part of the screen for me to look and interact with?

• Not to mention having Position below the component? Position should be rock solid in the UI. It’s matter of fact. Every single element you can create has a position on the canvas (or inside another object). Why does it bump down all of a sudden when I’m working with a component? The component is still beholden to it’s positioning.

• Come on. The lil toggles/switches on components are basically invisible. It’s not a disabled element, please just make them ADA compliant.

• So many tiny little icons. How should I know what “select matching layers” icon is supposed to represent? Looks like create a new variant? There’s a handful of these thrown around the sidebar. Add auto-layout? basically invisible there. Honestly, any time you’re putting 2 or 3 of these unique icons side-by-side in a section, my eyes glaze over.