Alex Gwyn

Android @Figma.

Ex-Twitter 1.0

Follow me somewhere else.

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

This was probably one of the neatest things I've done at Twitter.

These animated emojis were originally image sequences exported from a 3D render. However, due to size and performance constraints we were going to have a serious problem using them on web and Android.

A 🧵

[Jane Manchun Wong @wongmjane]

Twitter is working on vector Tweet Reactions Animations

so I scaled them up and made them buttery smooth (for fun)

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@avstorm This could've looked much nicer with well placed gradients.

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@VivekxK Can you review my PR?

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@Stammy They didn't have the courage.

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@Stammy Pretty sure the answers yes, but are you using iOS?

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@RobertJBye @figma These are the vibes we aspire for.

[Robert Bye @RobertJBye]

Figma Slides is now in the @figma mobile app!

You can view decks, respond to comments, and leave feedback from anywhere. So get outside, and touch some grass 🌞

Download it for iOS & Android at https://t.co/nC7vGKWRPE

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@reallynattu @LottieFiles Nice! I'll definitely swing by the booth tomorrow!

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@hashmojis Why did no one talk to me about this 🫠🫠🫠

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

There was a stacked engineering team behind this project too, including @VivekxK, @srrirracha, a few more who don't have @'s, and myself! Extra shoutout to @dangitfaith, mobile's fearless EM.

Absolutely great team making Figma even better!

[Noah Levin @nlevin]

Congrats @taamannae @imryanreid @nickhiotis @christa_UXR and crew on shipping these notifications improvements!

We learned quick comment replies w/out loading the file were really useful on mobile, so we decided to bring them to web here as well (+ some other nice updates) 🚀

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@wongmjane This is the content I subscribe for

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@hashmojis wtf are these timing curves 🤨

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

Could someone please fix the recycled animations so the heart shape and color match.

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@wildparty I'll be there!

https://t.co/XqDLVKGTFa

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@wildparty NYC!?

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@niw If your metrocard expired in the last 2 years you should be able to transfer any remaining money off of it to a new card at a metrocard machine.

https://t.co/2mBtByKX2E

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@fredloh Tweetview rewrite?

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@chrisbanes @samsheffer Fair enough!

It would definitely depend on the circle and how the content fit in the feed vs. on a story and how the audience engaged with each!

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

https://t.co/MvCMcNMa6w

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@wildparty NYC!?

[Alex Gwyn @AlexKGwyn]

@Piwai Recently had to do this with a completely dead screen. Pressing and holding both volume buttons enables talk back. Then I used a usb keyboard to enter the pin and tab through the screens.