He made 100s of Figma variables a day after launch

Within 24 hours of variables being launched, Henry got to work creating them. Here's his advice.
Give Henry a follow on Twitter: / henry_daggett
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00:00 Intro
00:35 Meeting Henry
01:28 A disclaimer...
02:25 Creating variables
03:13 A trick to speed up
03:50 Testing variables
04:30 Light and dark modes
05:43 Where he's reached
06:14 Difference between variables and styles
06:45 Henry's feature request
07:19 Are variables better than styles?
08:35 The main benefit of using variables
08:52 Non-colour variables
10:08 A designer skill gap

[@rankjuan]

awesome, great info

[@zemonteir0]

It's great to be guided by a new features explorer, telling us his tales of discovery. Great video idea! Awesome!

[@p44v9n]

Thanks so much Zé! Will have to get you on next to chat about your Soc Gen experience!

[@EnesKab]

Why did you speed up the video? Really, why???

[@p44v9n]

Haha sorry 😅 just tried to make it easier to watch our chat but ended up overdoing it I guess!