As somebody who gives commercial Figma workshops. I keep an eye on Figma, but it doesn't seem right to blog about Figma from the main Obra website blog.
I'm trying out blogging about Figma via Ghost as a platform. This will allow me to keep Figma blogs separated from the main Obra website as well as experiment with paid features.
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I found this helpful list of the availability of the schema announcements. This week: * More Variable modes * New Code Connect UI * Component mapping suggestions * Al-generated code snippets * MCP instructions * Remote MCP GA Next month: * Extended Collections * Variables import/export * Variables authoring improvements * npm package import in Make
Did you know that Figma has a built-in color contrast tool? When you open the color picker, press the color contrast button on the top right. The foreground color or fill color of whatever you are selected will be compared against the background it's on. This way, you
One of the features that was also announced is Schema 2025's Extended Collections. It's a feature that's mostly useful for multi-brand design systems. Sadly, it's locked in the enterprise plan, which costs 90 euros per month. The general gist of it is
Yesterday, Figma announced new features aside from their main conference config. They also have a little internal conference called Schema where they basically cast a 3-hour talk to the web where they announce new features. I couldn't find a recording of this, so I guess you had to