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We are so stoked for how many new UXers have been joining Firefox 😊. We are even more stoked about all the feedback the UX team has been giving us. We are focusing on keeping the communication flow open between the systems team and the Firefox UX org.
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With that being said, thanks to your feedback we are now super aware of how disorienting all of the Figma library options are.
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We are working on improving the user experience of using Firefox libraries. Thank you for your patience and for putting up with so many libraries being available right now.
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Why are there so many libraries, though?
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The more Figma teams you join, the more libraries may be available to you. If you are in teams that have spinned their own libraries, you will unfortunately have an overwhelming list of libraries.
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Figma loads all team libraries in one little window. The window has a search input that we recommend using, but the UX itself in that panel is pretty bad because it's rather hard to consume a long list of libraries that are only divided by very tiny and faint team titles.
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To make things more complicated, team admins have access to a feature that let's them turn on libraries that should be the default for everybody. Therefore whenever you make a new file you may have noticed you have some libraries turned on by default.
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Ahhh OK! But what is old and what are the new Firefox libraries?
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The old libraries we are referring to come from a team called "Firefox Libraries & Components". The new libraries live in a team called "Firefox Design Systems".
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Search for "Firefox Design Systems" in Figma and you should see our team (image below). If you haven't joined this team yet, please do, this is the official team for current and future libraries.
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PS: Any other libraries you may find in your teams that are labeled after MR1 and MR2 from 2021 are also considered old.
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What do I do with all these libraries???
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While our new system's libraries get populated, we need to leave these old libraries/design systems Figma teams around so people can still consult these more mature and therefore more complete UI Kits.
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We will keep releasing components in a monthly basis, so eventually by the end of this year you won't need to refer to old libraries anymore!
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We will be visually deprecating old libraries so that you will be able to tell they are around for reference while the new system and its libraries continue to expand this year.
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We will be turning off deprecated libraries as the default and turning on our libraries as the default.
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What does a deprecated library and team look like?
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Deprecated libraries and teams' names will start with a warning emoji ⚠️ and the word DEPRECATED.
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