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Designers frequently express frustration about "not having a seat at the table." It's going to be tough to influence the business when using a different tool than everyone else.
Edit: PPT or Google Slides* My point was more about using the tool that the rest of the business is using.
Hell, I’m a dev and I already produce most of my slide shows in Figma. I’m so happy a dedicated product is coming! I find Figma unmatched for architecture diagrams. It’s nice to have them at my disposal when preparing slide shows.
Products like Figma, Miro, and Excalidraw are all great, but they’re not integrated into Google Workspace like Docs/Slides. I like comments, tagging users, auto-completing links to other docs with their title, etc.
It would be good to see some demos of what this can produce, this just looks like PPTX-light on the web, and the slide templates don't really show much.
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Hell, I’m a dev and I already produce most of my slide shows in Figma. I’m so happy a dedicated product is coming! I find Figma unmatched for architecture diagrams. It’s nice to have them at my disposal when preparing slide shows.
For architecture diagrams Ive found Google drawing will work for my use cases. And if its something fancy, lucidchart.
Funny, I was just wondering today why Google doesn’t have an infinite canvas product. All I want is Google Slides with an infinite canvas. Products like Figma, Miro, and Excalidraw are all great, but they’re not integrated into Google Workspace like Docs/Slides. I like comments, tagging users, auto-completing links to other docs with their title, etc.
Notably if your corporate identity requires the use of a specific font, then its not possible.
Figma is a lot better in this regard, but the pricing is aggressive for the design part.
It would be good to see some demos of what this can produce, this just looks like PPTX-light on the web, and the slide templates don't really show much.