Design Details 291: Figma's UI Redesign and Public Critique
This week, we discuss Figma's UI redesign, the public response to it, and how to effectively communicate negative feedback to both companies and colleagues. In Follow-up, Brian has an update on a previous Cool Thing, we read some listener feedback (all positive, phew!), and Marshall shares his choice of AirPower replacement. And as always, we share a couple cool things, like a fellow designer's website and a new music album.
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Follow-up:
- Pssst! What should we do for Episode 300? Let us know!
- Brian is reading We Are Legion (We Are Bob), the first book in the Bobiverse trilogy and Marshall's Cool Thing suggestion from last episode
- Chris Doner likes how Artboard Manager reorders artboards in the Layer List to reflect their positions on the Canvas
- Cameron Campbell thinks we should have a Patreon to support 3-hour episodes O_o
- Brian tweeted a poll asking how much money one would need in order to stop working for the rest of one's life
- Marshall purchased the SliceCharge 2 to fill the AirPower-shaped hole in his heart
- Hard Cider Labs also makes the BassCanon attachment for Ear/AirPods
Tool Review:
- Figma Blog: "We refreshed Figma's UI: An inside look at our process" by Rasmus Andersson
- Microsoft Office's Ribbon UI is being redesigned
- Spectrum v3's redesign received a lot of feedback
- There was a Spectrum discussion of the Figma redesign
- Shit sandwich (shĭt sănd′wĭch) n. - a method of softening negative feedback by prepending and appending positive feedback
- Just ask EA about negative customer feedback
- People mocked the "Wii" and "iPad" monikers for a little while until no one cared anymore
One Cool Thing:
- Brian shared the personal website for his Ryan Morrison (not Marshall's Ryan Morrison)
- Marshall shared Billie Eilish's new album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
- Reprise (rĭ-prēz′) n. - a repetition of a phrase or verse; a return to an original theme
- Lil Dicky - Molly feat. Brendon Urie
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