Figma Sites will contribute to a more exclusive web.
They already dominate the web design sector and they must grow. How? By finding a new target group. One that probably doesn't know anymore how bad Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, et al were for accessibility.
https://www.figma.com/blog/introducing-figma-sites/
@aardrian had a quick look at some of the sites the Figma team made.
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-not-publish-your-designs-on-the-web-with-figma-sites.html
…Unless you want to fail all the WCAGs, create litigation risk, close off opportunities in Europe, engage in reputational harm, and oh yeah, throw up barriers to your customers and users. What am I talking about? Figma announced Figma Sites, letting you publish your Figma designs directly to the web.…
@matuzo @aardrian
I am so fucking tired.
I'm so tired of having to keep up with all these random features and new products launching all the time that are only half-baked and don't even take users into consideration.
It devalues so much of the work some of us are doing trying to design things that are accessible (and maybe occasionally a little boring).
This isn't web design, it's web art.
(Nothing wrong with it but it's like... not made for users)
@keul @matuzo @aardrian yes, exactly!
Most importantly, it's perfectly ok to improve current features and products instead of launching 20 different ones each year.
We give so much value to “creation” and building new things, and so little value to maintenance. Care work is also devalued so much in our society and this also trickles into our work and our jobs, unfortunately.
Manuel Matuzović
Dirk Döring
Laura ✨🎨
Luca Fabbri
Adrian Roselli, pH0