Designers worry Adobe won’t let Figma flourish
by Jess Weatherbed from The Verge - All Posts on (#63WJT)
Figma's new ownership sparks an outcry within the digital design community. | Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge The world of creative technology was rocked last week by news that industry giant Adobe had acquired Figma, makers of a hugely popular suite of UI and UX design tools, for a whopping $20 billion. The response from designers was immediate - and for the most part, extremely negative.
Figma has been hailed as an underdog success story, having been designed from the bottom up with approachability and teamwork in mind. It offers premium features such as real-time collaboration on a free-to-use basis and browser-based accessibility that allows entire teams of people to work together across platforms from potentially any device. It's also one of the strongest rivals to Adobe XD, Adobe's own UX / UI design application, which hasn't been able to...