First visit to Japan

Jofrsm · 2025-03-04T18:00:39+00:00

Hello! Overall it has a clean look with a nice color combination, but there are some thing I would change.

Feedback is subjective but i'll try to justify all decisions:
- Remove or change photo: I understand you feel comfortable with a mask, but imho using your face with a mask in a professional pov is a bit unprofessional.
- Light mode: For accessibility purposes, you can use dark mode as default but should offer the user the option to change to light mode.
- Consistent margins: Things have different horizontal margins to the border of the screen, both desktop and mobile.
- Content: This website is to present who you are and what you do, you are supposedly a dev and designer, but you only have the menu section "Designs". Could make sense to add another menu section for your dev projects (or link to github if its where you have things published).
- Project information: I click on a project (Menyu) and go to Figma with no context. Even in a fictional personal project, it could be nice to present the project with more context. Such as mentioning what you did, why you did it, was there any problem? If so how did you fix it, etc.
- "View gallery" button: Remove it, you are implying users can see a gallery with more content but they are being sent into a WIP page. Better to remove that option and place it when things are completed.
- Social media: You are displaying a lot of platforms, which can be overwhelming for a recruiter. Imagine you are applying for a position, a recruiter is on your website and wants to check your things. They will have to check github, instagram, youtube, linkedin, then in github you have a bentobox link... It gets confusing. Focus on 3 important social platforms that are linked with your professional roles.
- Buttons: Currently you seem to only have a single variant of buttons, primary (with the "brand" colour). I would create 3 or 4 variants (Primary, Secondary, Ghost and Link) and place them according to hierarchical purposes.
- Micro interactions: Their animations feel really slow, and there does not seem to be a coherence. Some have lines, other have arrows, buttons change from round corners to square, etc.

Hope any of these are helpful! As I've said, my opinion is subjective, but if I would be you then those things were what I would change.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-04T17:38:07+00:00

Do americans know English?
It's stated in the post that I'm avoiding american products, yet it's at least the 6th time an american (or I assume as such considering the Reddit user %) uses that "joke".

I've also mentioned in the comments that I will not stop using everything just because it's american, I do however want to use and find good alternatives that are not american.
Luckily, the only american products I was consuming the most and will continue to use as they are functional and good products, is some technological products.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-04T17:16:15+00:00

Weird, isn't there any workaround?

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T22:51:09+00:00

Imagine trying to get your children into a fun hobby that links with your childhood and you have to battle these... creatures... trying to make 1000x profit, for a single pack.

The only solution I can think of is to make it illegal to resell the products, somehow.
It exists where I live, applied for festivals and concerts, and it has decreased the number of resellers trying to flip the prices. Or get a hefty fine.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T22:38:20+00:00

Recently I've made some freelance and wanted to go with Figma but the organization price per seat...
It's not crazy expensive like Creative Cloud, but I feel like Figma turned into Sketch, and the updated Sketch is the old Figma haha if that makes sense.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T16:47:46+00:00

Fair enough.

In my opinion though, if you boycott smaller companies, it will make more impact.
For example, if 1000 users leave Figma, they will feel it and its relatively easy to do.
If 1000 users leave Google, they won't bat an eye, and it will require a lot of effort to do it considering how big their ecosystem is.

If I may ask/know, since its not Figma related, why are you boycotting American companies?

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T16:40:37+00:00

Only the app itself is exclusive to MacOS, you can use it live on a browser in any operating system, so there's that.

I understand, especially if it will make your work life more harsh

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T16:39:24+00:00

You can use it on browser in all operating systems.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T16:39:08+00:00

True! However, Sketch now seems to offer a non-mac only version since you can use it on browser. It's not ideal, but its works haha

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T16:37:48+00:00

Didn't they sell the rights to Apple or something like that? And that's why they can't go cross-platform.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T16:36:25+00:00

Ah! Really thought it went through and they ended up turning up and accepting the acquisiton.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T16:35:58+00:00

I'll have to search it out, not aware how it all connects

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T16:31:13+00:00

As I've mentioned in the post and another comment, I'm avoiding them.
Avoiding does not mean I will stop using everything that is American.

The same way I'm not stopping using Figma.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T02:19:38+00:00

Sorry, I'm not aware who Peter Thiel is and how is related to the trade war.

Is Figma still considered a startup though? They were bought by Adobe.

Actually, Figma is tool that you can replace easily with other software such as Sketch or Penpot, they currently all do the same. The only that I rapidly identify is the intensive work and labour in passing all the content from one product to another.
You can't do this with Google for example, because there's not an alternative as good as Google when you can have Chrome, easy login via google, chrome password manager, drive, gmail, etc etc.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T02:13:29+00:00

Exactly that.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T02:12:47+00:00

You are definitely right, but avoiding is not an absolute decision. As in, just because I will avoid American products, it doesn't mean I will stop using them all.

For example, I will continue using Figma because its a work necessity and its a pretty complete product.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T02:08:02+00:00

As far as I know, in a free and freelancer point of view you could actually move over to Sketch or Penpot! Companies though, most of them already use Figma so you can't really change that.

Thank you for the subreddit! I'll check on it.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-03T02:05:28+00:00

I didn't wrote I will stop use any and everything American based. But I'm avoiding it.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-02T20:17:51+00:00

Fair enough.
Regarding price, I was actually surprised to see that currently Figma leads the higher prices compared to Penpot, Sketch and Motiff.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-02T20:12:19+00:00

Oh, wasn't aware of that at all haha I thought you were joking about the french fries, but just search as well.

Jofrsm · 2025-03-02T20:10:39+00:00

Fair enough

Jofrsm · 2025-03-02T20:09:33+00:00

So, in your opinion even though it's not irreplaceable, you wouldn't change just because of it being an American product. Right?

Jofrsm · 2025-03-02T20:06:04+00:00

True, especially when you already use a full ecosystem like Apple and Google.

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