If you and your team want to capture and communicate thoughts and design changes directly in your Figma files, the File Management UI Library might be just what you’ve been looking for. Created by the Experience team at Deliveroo, it includes file management goodies that help you bring more context to your designs. Inside the library, you’ll find banners to separate flows … Read the rest
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Figma – Design Specs Plugins
Preparing a design for developer handoff is usually a time-consuming task. Luckily, there are some Figma plugins out there to speed things up. One of them is EightShapes Specs. The plugin automatically produces page and component design specifications of selected components, instances, and frames for you. This not only comes in handy for design-dev handoffs but also for auditing … Read the rest
How to structure a design system in Figma?
Depending on the Figma plan you’re on, there are different possibilities. Luis Ouriach shares a design system FigJam file with recommendations for a workable structure a design system.
The file features advice on design system structure for teams, projects, and files. It highlights the structural differences between each paid Figma plan and features example structure setups for each one of … Read the rest
The IBM mainframe: why it survives?
Mainframe computers are often seen as ancient machines—practically dinosaurs. But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today. It’s estimated that there are 10,000 mainframes in use today. They’re used almost exclusively by the largest companies in the world, including two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, eight … Read the rest
Converting Figma to React
Convert Figma to React: turn Figma components into clean, boilerplate React components—inside Figma—using Anima. Anima is an official Figma partner, and its code generation AI is natively integrated into Figma’s new Dev Mode Panel. User can generate efficient, readable, maintainable code for any Figma component or screen in real-time.
Types of design systems
Wow, this overview of different types of design systems by Dan Mall is eye-opening!
It’s fascinating to see how each aspect, from visual language to practice, plays a unique and crucial role in creating a successful design system. I never realized the various levels of maturity and the importance of shared ownership and value to drive adoption. These additional resources … Read the rest
Design System Maturity Model
Not every design system is the same. When we make decisions on how to consolidate design systems, set up one or improve the workflow, we need to understand what kind of design system we are working on. “Six Different Types of Design Systems” (https://lnkd.in/ennktfmg) is a helpful overview by Dan Mall that highlights 6 different kinds of design … Read the rest
Strategic UX Research
Strategic UX Research is how organizations connect their long-term direction and strategy to customers’ and users’ deepest needs. It’s been around for a while but only recently has caught the attention of top executives. Every organization, independent of its industry or nature, can benefit from Strategic UX Research. Strategic UX Research is a force multiplier. Organizations get more done with … Read the rest
Generative AI terminology
Generative AI is moving at an incredible pace, bringing with it a whole new raft of terminology. With articles packed full of terms like prompt injection, embeddings and funky acronyms like LoRA, it can be a little hard to keep pace. Generative AI refers to a class of artificial intelligence algorithms that are designed to create new and original content, … Read the rest
Making Software Products Accessible
Every year on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, people come together to raise awareness about the barriers many users still face in the digital world.
This May, we, Doro Hinrichs and Oded Sharon, attended an accessibility panel discussion and workshop with UserVision on Creating Accessible Digital Experiences. The panel brought together experts in the field, including Mark Palmer, the accessibility … Read the rest