Design Thursday #25
A weekly recap of everything you need to know about tools, events, guidelines and design in general.
Play for macOS & iOS in public beta
Play has been working on their macOS app for a while, and now they are making the beta public. So you can try it now without a waitlist. Play is a prototyping app that uses native iOS components to make realistic prototypes that will look a lot like your actual app. You can build both on your Mac or directly on your iPhone or iPad. It even creates SwiftUI code so you can just copy and past into Xcode.
Framer Quick page switcher
Framer added a small, but useful new feature: Quick Page Switcher. You can now select different pages while the layer panel is open, so you no longer have to switch to the pages tab. Making it faster to work on different pages at the same time.
Webflow Apps
This is probably the biggest release of the week: Webflow Apps. You can think of them as plugins for your Webflow projects. Apps come with a new panel in the sidebar, where you can open them to help build your web project. The first set of apps include Unsplash to quickly add images, Finsweet table to build native Webflow tables, Hubspot to style your custom forms, Memberstack to build a custom membership experience and many more.
Aninix Arrowheads
On top of multiple bug fixes and improvements, Aninix added arrow head support for Lottie exports. Now you can animate arrows to your heart’s content.
Campsite updates
Campsite released a lot of new features and improvements, including: the option to make Slack broadcasts optional, edit attachments of posts, add links as attachments, create notes for text only feedback, and all of your posts now start as drafts that are only shared when you are ready.
Prototype with Variables in Figma
Didn’t find the time to start prototyping with variables during the busy summer? Design+Code released a new quick lesson to help you out. They teach you to build advanced prototypes using the new Variables feature in Figma.
Inside Framer: Documentation
Framer invites you to take a deep dive in Framer to create your Design System documentation as a website. You can write about your components, embed code blocks and setup a simple search to quickly find what you are looking for. Showcasing how easy it is to setup a documentation site in Framer.