ToolCraft conventionFoundational
Loom
Async screen recording, useful for walking through designs across time zones.
Definition
A screen and camera recording tool producing instantly shareable links, widely used for design walkthroughs, feedback and handoff explanation in distributed teams.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
Good for
- Async design walkthroughs
- Explaining interaction behaviour
- Distributed teams
Watch out for
Video is not searchable and not accessible without captions. Pair with written notes for anything that must persist.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Often used with
These usually appear in the same screen or the same decision.
- Alt TextAccessibility
- Design CritiqueWorkflow
- Design HandoffWorkflow
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.