Sho KuwamotoFeb 5, 2023
In terms of big wishes, what do you wish that #figma could do?
Show threadDesignDamonFeb 5, 2023
@skuwamoto This is going to sound like snark, but I swear it's not : Tools which encourage genuinely different ways of approaching interface design. I have no idea what exactly that would *look like*, but I know that something(s) which encouraged people to break out of the genericism of so much UI design would be super-interesting.
Show thread72menaFeb 7, 2023
@damon @skuwamoto This sounds more like a paradigm shift, rather than a change in tooling. Or something that depends on what you’re designing for.
For example: Game design does “break out of the genericism“ in UI. But most websites/apps outside of gaming follow established patterns that are familiar and accessible for users, which contributes to things feeling generic. Not a bad thing though!
Show threadSho Kuwamoto
@72mena @damon I kind of think these things move in cycles. We are in a bit of a cycle of sameness now in design. Interesting to see if/when we cycle out of that.
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Show threadDesignDamonFeb 7, 2023

@skuwamoto @72mena Both good points (especially regarding the weird disparity between game interfaces & web). It's inevitable that as disciplines mature, Standard Ways of Doing Things and tropes set in. As you say - not all of that is necessarily a bad thing! (spoken as someone who does a fair bit of work involving inclusive design).

I don't miss experimental flash sites when I'm trying to DO something, but I do miss that sense of trying drastically different ways of approaching interaction.