Framer Reviews & Product Details
Framer is a design tool for web designers and developers that lets users create production-ready code. Armed with basic coding knowledge, Framers has tools that can create animated effects, build UI components and tap into code libraries, UI kits, or packages. Framers also support typescripts. With Framer, you get a lot of creative freedom, features a cursor chat, a rapid code editor, Spotify integration, as well as Sketch, Figma, iOS, Photoshop, and more.
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| Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac |
| Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
| Training | Documentation |
| Languages | English |
Framer Pros and Cons
- You get a lot of creative freedom
- Framer is available on multiple platforms, and any device running a web browser
- There are a range of different integrations available, including Sketch, Figma, iOS, macOS, Photoshop, and more
- It’s great for prototyping
- Some users have complained about buggy updates
- To take full advantage of Framer, you’ll need some coding know-how
- It lacks some sought after features like text style, which comes with competitors like Sketch
I love prototyping interactions and animations. Framer is absolutely the best way to do this.
Live demo can be a bit slow and a big laggy, esp when trying to screen capture.
Prototype to facilitate design presentations to engineers/PMs Giving them a moving visual helps so much
Prebuilt animations in framer and triggers for animation.
Scrolling interaction and prototype linking
Helps to create effective User interface design in a fast and efficient way.
Framer makes it possible for UX designers to showcase their design in an easier way. It is really good for professionals to express their ideas and support the ideas by really clickable and feasible solutions. Overall it is really helpful for designers to communicate with developers or product team.
It required a lot of time input to learn how to user Framer. I had some basic programming skills like HTML, Javascript and even a bit of Python, but it was still difficult for me to dive into the coding part. The tutorials help just basic ones and I wish there are more intermediate examples/templates available.
It's mostly validating ideas and showing that the design is codable. Sometimes developers push back the ideas, as designers, you need to validate that they were really feasible ones. The application is like a bridge between designers and developers that help them build their common ground.
I like being able to do animations for developers. It's much easier to make it in Framer sometimes than try to explain it.
I find it hard when I get stuck in coding to be able to do what I want. I don't have a programming background and find it difficult.
Animations.