UI3 Feedback

Hey Figma,

1. I’m all up for a nice new UI and optimise tools to make them better. I might be a bit old-school, coming from Creative Cloud and then switching to Figma long ago, but what I miss about this new update is that it feels like a tool. Before you had it, the sidebars were attached to the sides, but now you have a little spacing around them. For me, that’s a bit disturbing and actually ruins the interface. A quick suggestion: Could you make it so that people can choose? Either they stick to the sides and the work area within it or as it is with your new UI? What I cave in is that Figma feels and looks like a tool, and for that, I at least want the sidebars to be completely on the sides.
2. Floating bottom tools: Would it be possible to choose the location? Either top or bottom? Maybe what I really seek is more customizability to change the interface to match how I work. E.g. I would also love it, if I could separate Pages from Layers and have two columns rather than one unified one, and so on. Customisability is maybe what I seek here as you have everything locked in place and allow zero customizability to the layout of things, which, if possible, could drastically optimise my workflow.
3. Please return the width + height to separate them from “Fixed, Hugged, and Filled”, as I constantly seek this information as I design UI myself. I know that you have added it below, and this might take some getting used to, but my eyes constantly try to locate that info from the right sidebar.

Once upon a time, Microsoft also made a big mistake when they changed the classic look of the Start menu! Please don’t repeat their mistake!

“Don’t try to change something until it’s still working.” - © BIC company

This isnt very constructive at all. You’ve not even said what you don’t like about it

Agree, it would be more helpful to say what you dont like.
In my case, I think they hided lots of important features and compressed everything, wich isnt very friendly tbh.

Regarding the new UI3, the added features on the product side are good, but do we really need to drastically change the UI/UX? In our work, efficiency is crucial. I tried using UI3’s UI/UX, but ultimately reverted to the previous UI version because I couldn’t find the tools I needed. The changes in UI3 are significant, and at least for me, adapting to it is very troublesome. My needs are urgent, and I don’t have time to get used to the new UI.
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Hi @Huan_Z, watch some of the videos on the launch/announcement the other day. It may shed light in where some of the elements have moved to. 👍

I didn’t like moving prototypes from illustrator to Figma in 2012 either but at some point workflows need to be re-organized to adapt to changing demands. I expect there will be community file walk throughs and examples to help adapt to the changes. Efficiency is at the core of what Figma and most tech companies emphasize so stick with it and I think you’ll reap the rewards. Good luck!

As much as I am in for more modern and efficient UI and that too for a designer’s tool, somehow I feel that the UI3 has made life a little tougher. I know that there is a getting used to and I might relearn what is almost 8 years of muscle memory, But some changes do suck! For instance, I have been searching for the height property for a component object and eventually somehow figured out that on hover of the auto-layout property, this was hidden… but why!

I am trying to set a text property for one of my variants in Figma which I have built hundreds of components in the past - and now, its just not happening and I do not know where and how to find this feature.

OK! so yes… I am a little disappointed for sure.

I know that Figma provides some videos to inform users about the specific changes. However, in reality, very few people actively watch them. Most users only look for these resources when they encounter problems and need solutions. What we need to understand is that good interaction design should allow users to transition from awareness to familiarity with minimal changes to their usage habits, even if there are many changes.

Sometimes the relationship between users and a product can be understood as a kind of interpersonal relationship. The more disappointments accumulate between them, the more it lays the foundation for their eventual separation.