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I'm not talking about low level infrastructure, but the user facing software. Offline desktop tools have rapidly started to become obsolete. Products like Office had to scramble to pivot because Google Docs was replacing them. Its been a while now since I have been emailed an actual office file instead of being sent a link to the live version.

A while ago it was common for Photoshop or illustrator to be used for UI designs and then it would be thrown over the wall to you as a PNG which you had to make sure you had the latest version of. These days everywhere I have worked has used a tool like Adobe XD, Figma, Sketch, and gives out a link which is always up to date, which you can fiddle with, write comments on, etc.

The market is rapidly shifting and I'm just not sure how FOSS is going to stay relevant in this space.

parent Gigachad 4 years ago

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