Although Adobe covers a broad portfolio of design professions, it seems like UI & interaction design is also quite important, given this acquisition. Figma owns like 99% of this market, nobody uses anything else.
I was one of those who stayed with Sketch quite long, but then also jumped the ship. Mainly because of Figma's fascinating performance (Sketch is super slow) and much better prototyping features.
But I think Adobe also sees that Figma folks are the true masters in WebAssembly front ends. Maybe one of the best on this planet. I cannot think of any other WASM project being so good and so dominant in the market.
Anyway, I do share the pessimism of the design community. For us it's a disaster, comparable only to Adobe acquiring Macromedia back in the day, followed by messing up or killing all of its great products.
>Anyway, I do share the pessimism of the design community. For us it's a disaster, comparable only to Adobe acquiring Macromedia back in the day, followed by messing up or killing all of its great products.
But the design community adapted. Just like the technical communication community adapted when Adobe bought Framemaker and RoboHelp. The pain's going to be short term while that community finds an alternative. But, if history is anything to go by, an alternative that community will find.
Check the new Sketch versions. They have moved forward. The app is snappy and you have browser integration for comments and handoff. Using one app for all your design needs in my personal view is limiting.
There are a lot of prototyping tools : Framer. Marvel. Proto.io. Principle.
Basically the safest bet always is to follow the old wisdom:
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.:)
I was one of those who stayed with Sketch quite long, but then also jumped the ship. Mainly because of Figma's fascinating performance (Sketch is super slow) and much better prototyping features.
But I think Adobe also sees that Figma folks are the true masters in WebAssembly front ends. Maybe one of the best on this planet. I cannot think of any other WASM project being so good and so dominant in the market.
Anyway, I do share the pessimism of the design community. For us it's a disaster, comparable only to Adobe acquiring Macromedia back in the day, followed by messing up or killing all of its great products.