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Re: Orbit – open-source design system

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Post by radley » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 8:53 PM UTC

a2800276 wrote: post #40

radley wrote: post #32

> By default, our libraries use Circular Pro, which isn’t an open font. That's a big red flag for an open-source design system. Design-wise, the Figma files look nice but are poorly built. Most of the text and colors don't use styles, and the few color styles they use are in a private library. There's some documentation (good) but the components make a lot of mistakes. You're better off starting from scratch.

Is Figma open source?

Figma is a professional design application, considered by many to be the most advanced: https://www.figma.com

The base tier is free.

Re: Orbit – open-source design system

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Post by amingilani » Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 2:40 AM UTC

a2800276 wrote: post #40

radley wrote: post #32

> By default, our libraries use Circular Pro, which isn’t an open font. That's a big red flag for an open-source design system. Design-wise, the Figma files look nice but are poorly built. Most of the text and colors don't use styles, and the few color styles they use are in a private library. There's some documentation (good) but the components make a lot of mistakes. You're better off starting from scratch.

Is Figma open source?

Figma isn't bundled with your application.

Re: Orbit – open-source design system

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Post by weare138 » Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 3:42 AM UTC

vepor wrote: post #11

garmaine wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whole system of what, exactly? Title doesn’t make that clear.

It's a design system. You can read about it more here: https://uxdesign.cc/everything-you-need-to-know-about-design... But basically it's a system how to design and develop applications (mostly mobile or frontend). It contains most of the time some visual foundation, standardized components, guidelines etc.

The problem is it's not clear about what the design system is for. After some digging I figured out it's for React. It shouldn't take that much time and effort just to figure out what it's even for. Why not just say 'open-source design system for React'? Why is it all so vague? Plus on the top of the page it says 'Open source design system for your next travel project.' What does that mean? I assumed it had something to do with traveling.

Re: Orbit – open-source design system

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Post by thdxr » Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 6:43 PM UTC

robertlagrant wrote: post #5

thdxr wrote: post #3

I've been doing a lot of research into design systems and one thing that's lacking in most of these documentation sites is examples build with the component library. It's hard for me to get a feel for it without being able to click through a real application. Also, paid managed services on the backend are super common. I want a paid frontend component library. There are very few of these and I think there's room for…

There are a few such as Tailwind UI that are paid-for component libraries. https://tailwindui.com

I've been a subscriber to TailwindUI since it launched. Unfortunately it's not well suited for complex B2B SaaS products that have high information density UIs