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Dec 15
A few months ago, @linear experienced a DDoS that took down their freshly redesigned site. 💔

We spoke with their team about how they got the idea to make their homepage their Figma files, unintentionally throwing the Figma party of the year…

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When you’re living and breathing Figma and FigJam, quality improvements can have a big impact on your workflow. 💪

Thanks to all of your feedback, we have 32 Little Big Updates to help you stay in the flow!🤩

Check out all 32: bit.ly/3g2TWnH
1/32 Need to upload those iPhone pictures? No problem, HEIC uploads are now supported in both Figma and FigJam 📷

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Jan 24
We've hidden something "insanely great" deep in the Figma archives. 👀
First person to find it gets Figma swag. 🙌
.@grantgarrett solved the mystery! But it goes a little deeper than this, if you can figure it out....

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Oct 26, 2021
As part of today's prototyping launch, we’re excited to announce that interactive components are available to everyone. 🥳

During the beta, we were blown away by what our community created.

Interested in getting started? Check out these examples for inspiration…
1/ Try using interactive components to create UI microinteractions at scale. @abelfhancock has made it easy for you to get started.

Duplicate the Figma community file: bit.ly/3m5aAqM
2/ Create your own pixel art in Figma using interactive components.

Choose between two themes: Figma and Retro to create the pixel art of your dreams.

Community file by @lichinlin: bit.ly/2ZdOZTW
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Oct 26, 2021
It’s prototyping day!

We’re excited to announce that interactive components are now available for everyone to use. Plus, we have some other updates to make your prototyping life easier.

Read about the updates on our blog: bit.ly/PrototypingUpd…

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1/ We’ve added a shortcut to toggle between the design and prototyping tabs.

Speed up your workflow by using Shift + E to easily navigate between the tabs in Figma.
2/ We’ve also made updates to copy and paste interactions for prototyping.

You can now copy prototype interactions and paste them into frames, reducing the amount of repetitive work involved with building prototypes.
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