[cynusx]

> It sounds like Figma reduces friction in the collaboration process by clever use of cloud based and browser coordination. It's not innovative but it's a good application of existing technology to the design space.

Out of curiosity, what do you consider innovative?

[memexy]

Good question. Do you have a definition we can work with? I tend to focus on theoretical innovations like mathematical theories so my definition is often at odds with what most people think is innovative.

[cynusx]

Often innovation is in the eye of the beholder, for a clerk that's been manually entering data for years it might be innovative that it can be replaced with digitalization but for most researchers that's just "implementation" of existing tech.

I don't hold opinions on what the word should mean, just curious to find all the different meanings of it

[BoiledCabbage]

Innovation is also applying existing concepts in new scenarios.