Figma replaced Sketch files emailed between designers and developers — components, variants, and dev-mode specs lived in one shared URLUniform Resource Locator — the address that identifies a resource on the web.. Design systems, FigJam whiteboards, and plugins made it the default handoff layer between product design and frontend implementation.

Figma moved UIUser interface — the parts of software people see and interact with. design from desktop files to multiplayer browser collaboration.

Real-time co-editing and shared libraries reshaped design-dev workflows.