I'm excited about this (and all things Sketch-related), but I thought this was a product release from the makers of Sketch until I saw the disclaimer at the bottom.<p>$39 seems fair, though I'd rather see this as an open-source project that the community could contribute back to. According to the changelog, this is a v1 release and the website contains no statements about the $39 buying future updates for new features or updated versions of Sketch, which is disappointing.<p>Aside from a few screenshots, it would be nice to have a YouTube video demonstrating how it works in practice, in real-time, especially considering the terms stating: "As a customer you are responsible for understanding this upon purchasing any item from Sketch Design System".<p>I wouldn't buy it without more information, and knowing who is behind it. There's no "about" section on the website with a real person identified. The domain WHOIS data is a proxy service.
This is... really poor. I went ahead and purchased the system to see what it entailed and while it is fairly thorough, it's nothing really unique nor does it provide ready-made components for use.<p>You're basically paying $39 for the file setup/template and expected to fill in the components or elements yourself. Essentially you have to do all the work anyway so you're better off saving the money and building your system on your own anyway. There isn't anything in the purchased file that is all that helpful unless you're an absolute product design noob with no understanding of how systems work (in which case you should do that research instead of purchasing anyway).
So, technically, this is not a "design system". Design systems provides code and implementation to use. I'm a developer at an agency that specializes in building design systems, and this system" is missing the key component--the code. I'll code up your design system if you send me an approved napkin sketch.
I'm not really sure what I'm looking at here (although I'm on mobile). How is this different to something like the clarity.design template?
Looks similar to <a href="https://www.straple.co" rel="nofollow">https://www.straple.co</a>, but without the brand book / React component bits.
Am I missing something? I'd be interested in trying this out but I'm not going to make the plunge for a $39 Ux tool if I can't try it out. Is this just a demonstration of idea or a real product?