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by bsder 1028 days ago
Figma was considered ... good?

Every time I have used it, it feels incredibly laggy with a crapton of useless animations.

Maybe it's better on Windows?

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PM over here at Figma - would love to know where you're experiencing lag / where you're seeing useless animations.

Overall we're pretty minimal when it comes to animations in product (i.e. here's a quick 22s recording of navigating between screens/opening properties panels in product today: https://video.non.io/video-2940009905.mp4) as we really want to convey that the app is snappy/performant. Definitely keen on diving in if you're experiencing otherwise. Happy to chat here or my email is jake@figma.com.

Regarding platform specific performance - it shouldn't affect things as long as you have GPU acceleration enabled. The majority of us over here at Figma are using OSX FWIW.

Chrome on Ubuntu using your "Diagram Basics" template.

Dragging any object is laggy--particularly so over the slightly pinkish/purplish background area.

Not for me... well, I'm on Windows.

It is currently the best tool for me, as a non designer, to smash together (design) icons and export in my choice of format.

I'm mostly on Windows, if someone sends me a Figma link I open it in a different browser because half the time it locks up for a few minutes then crashes the whole thing.

Would prefer to be sent a PDF, and you won't often catch me saying that.

I use it daily on Windows and I have to say it seems pretty fast. Never noticed any lagging or unnecessary animations.