Design Thursday #66
A weekly recap of everything you need to know about tools, events, guidelines and design in general.
Penpot 2.8
A new Penpot release is available with some quality of life updates:
- You can now use Ctrl+Shift+Drag to deselect select layers
- The interface will now change light/dark mode based on your system settings
- Copy as SVG is now available on right click
- New fonts are added in the font catalogue
- Multiple tokens files can now be imported at once
They also shared a sneak peek for a future update, including variants for components and improved performance.
Variable Stroke widths in Figma Draw
You can now adjust your strokes to use variable widths, allowing you to bring that hand-drawn look to your Figma illustrations. You can also use tablets with pressure sensitivity support to automatically draw with variable strokes.
Wireframer icons & Claude 4.0
Figma's Workshop to build custom components now supports Claude 4.0 to offer better creativity, reasoning, and code quality. You can also attach images in the chat, add safeguards and browse prompts using ⌥ ↑↓. Wireframer now also supports icon sets, making your generated wireframes more easily customizable with different icons.
Glass Effect & Concentric corners in Sketch
The latest Sketch beta now has glass support. You can customize the effect to your liking or match Apple's effect. On top of that, a new "auto" value can be set for corner radius that will match the radius of a parent element's radius, ensuring they always match.
Scrollmaps in Webflow Analyze
Webflow already added clickmaps to show how often a link was clicked. Now it's adding scrollmaps to give you even greater insights into how people visit your website. It will show the average fold where most people land when they open your website. A ruler will show what percentage has reached that part of the page so you can discover where they drop off.
Stark updates
Stark added some new features and is sharing some beta updates for mobile and MCP support.
- AI code remediation: You can now fix issues using AI via the web app and browser extension. You'll receive more details about the problem and a solution to help fix it.
- Advanced URL scan settings: you can add authentication details, choose a viewport size, wait for events, and choose a region origin for international sites.
- Mobile assets: Currently in beta, support for scanning iOS and Android apps is coming. It’s planned to be available early August.
- MCP support: Also still in beta, the MCP server will allow you to query your team, projects, and compliance center.