What is future of XD? We have people with new Creative Cloud licenses, XD isn't included anymore. Only older uses can access XD (at lest those in our company). We just bought a few new CC license and XD is no where to be found. We need a prototyping tool and need to know sooner than later if XD is not availble to any new users.
That is until we are notified (which we have not been), that Adobe is turning off support completely. Then you lose the ability to even run XD, regardless if your files are all local. The other risk is an OS update breaks something, then what is the reponse to that? Something to think about.
You think that's bad? I'm a a large university, we have UI/UX design classes. Just started new semester and BOINK! Faculty can't start classes, because new students don't have access do XD even though the admins do and no-honking-one warned anybody about the situation. Oh, yes, sure we can send all potential 120 accounts so it will be added _somehow_ to the (we opted for have shared devices licenses, so... good luck with that)
I just lost my job and need to make product mocks from XD files I worked on 3 years ago and I can't even open my work. It's atrocious that I'm getting charged up the ass for Adobe software I only have to do mocks while I'm unemployed, and I don't even have access to XD to open my files.
You can still download it if you have the All Apps plan, but that is basically the only way to get it. If you have that plan, kindly inform support to flip the switch to get it. Adobe is basically hidding it from new users, even if it available to them. Good luck on the job hunt. With that said, you might be better served learning Figma for future employment.
The argument for Figma is getting trickier since they started charging for "Developer" mode, and after spending a year with Figma, I think its a ineffective tool for sharing prototypes with developers and especially clients. Not to mention how easy it is for users to mistakenly add extra editers increasing subscribtion costs.
It's very frustrating that Adobe is abandoning XD (and not providing an alternative). I don't like Figma, and I don't want another monthly expense when I'm already paying for Creative Cloud. I still use XD, even though it is missing some basic functionality. (It's still better than Figma.) And NOW ADOBE IS HIDING XD?! It's pretty lame, Adobe. It's sad that Adobe was trying to buy Figma for 20 billion and then had to pay a 1 billion dollar penalty to end the deal. 1 BILLION dollars could have made XD a class-leading application.
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