[threeqhan]

Sketch is a great app. It's a shame that it's Mac native, I had to stop using it when they killed off support for High Sierra.

I wouldn't be proud of building on an increasingly user and developer hostile platform, but thats just me.

> For us, the ultimate benefit of being a native macOS app is that it puts the choice in your hands.

That's... kind of a weird opinion but all the power to you. I have never felt like "choice" was a core value of Sketch, since it doesn't give me the choice to run on my hardware or software versions. But thanks for letting me own my own data.

[ghego1]

Try Lunacy (on the MS Store) it's impressive: is basically Sketch for windows, free

[polishdude20]

Why use sketch at all anymore now that we have figma? It's browser based, so cross platform and it does everything sketch does for free.

[threeqhan]

Because it's slow and difficult to use compared to sketch. Plus I need my files on my drive 100% of the time and routinely work without reliable network access.

I get kind of why Figma is popular, it solves issues with sharing and collaboration. But the day to day usage is crippled by the fact it's in a browser and not a standalone app where I need it to have total control over keybindings and shortcuts for my workflow. Meanwhile in the browser, hijacking that behavior is a UX antipattern.

Sketch is just so much less cumbersome than Figma it's not even funny. It's easier to use than illustrator and Xd too.

[polishdude20]

Ok that's fair. To add an opposing viewpoint, I've never noticed any slowdown with figma for the stuff I do. Then again, I don't use keybindings.