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Figma Desktop App Beta Testing (January)

October 7, 2019 at 5:21pm

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Figma Desktop App Beta Testing (January)

October 7, 2019 at 5:21pm (Edited 2 years ago)

Hello!

We have a new desktop app beta build for you:

(links removed because we're released the update to everyone, thanks for testing!)

The changes are internal, mostly consisting of upgrading the underlying Electron framework to a newer version. The most visible effect should be faster performance when opening files.

We would really appreciate your help in testing out this build. Please let us know if you notice anything unusual.

Thank you!

October 7, 2019 at 5:25pm

Karl Kaufmann@karolus

5:25pm

Hi—I have some downtime, and will be testing it out on MacOS. Once I move out of some 32-bit app frameworks, will also be running this on a macOS Catalina system.

Testing ;)

When will there be a version for Linux (for example, Ubuntu)?

T. Nguyen@tn-oi

8:02pm

Load file seems faster, but there's a brief moment where the UI (mouse) freeze right before the file load

Christian Bergstrom@cbergstrom

11:56pm

Recently load times for some files (small ones) seem super slow. Like it takes probably 30 full seconds to open. Running 81.4

October 8, 2019 at 7:55am

Tomo Vukasović@webinsane

7:55am

Same here.

October 10, 2019 at 2:23pm

Dimitri Otero@doterodesign

2:23pm

Update: Running more quickly for me now. Takes about 30 seconds to open a file with hundreds of instances. Opens smaller files in 3-5 seconds

October 15, 2019 at 8:45am

Jim Raptis@dmraptis

8:45am

Installed! Initial load time is an annoying issue indeed. Once I have some feedback on the new version, I'll share here

October 15, 2019 at 5:50pm

Ramy Majouji@majouji

5:50pm

Thank you! Any reason why I’m getting much snappier performance when using Safari instead of the desktop client?

October 18, 2019 at 7:44am

Alexey Kolpikov@alexey-kolpikov

7:44am

Official release 76 build 4 is ok. But release 81 today starts with absolutely blank screen instead of drafts/recent list. Yesterday it was ok, but with today's improvements the start screen is broken. Nothing helps. I tried to clean all figma files, restart macOS and reinstall again. Blank screen in release 81, and all ok in release 76.

Yarik Bright@yarikbright

9:45am

Same problem. Already back for the final version

October 18, 2019 at 6:31pm

Deleted

6:31pm

+1 on blank screen beta, had to revert back to release build. Worked fine otherwise until today.

Edited

Avadh Dwivedi@avadhbsd

10:07pm

I wanted to see Dark Mode

October 19, 2019 at 6:09am

Alexander Zhurovich@athirn

6:09am

The file browser got empty, though it was fine just recently.

October 19, 2019 at 12:29pm

Yarik Bright@yarikbright

12:29pm

Dark Theme //Everything is already prepared.

And silence from the Figma

Unofficial@official

5:11pm

+1 on blank screen

October 20, 2019 at 1:08pm

vivesh ingle@vivesh-ingle

1:08pm

+1 on blank screen

Elena Scherer@elenas

2:32pm

+1 on blank screen :(

rrr

+1 4 #fff

the issues with overlay and switch have stil not been resolved. Bummer. Realy. I tried everything from clip content to mask components and frame still no success. This makes me look bad when presenting my prototype to my stakeholders last friday. yep. not happy. I so wish switch will literally only switch that very one element

Edited

October 21, 2019 at 9:39am

Georgiy Maysuradze@maysuradze

9:39am

+1 same

October 21, 2019 at 5:12pm

Deleted

5:12pm

Thanks for the reports! Please use the stable desktop app for now: https://www.figma.com/downloads/

We'll post a fixed beta desktop app later today. Apologies for the trouble!

7:40pm

Hey! Here is the fixed build: