Disable 'observe' mode

Now that’s a way around 🙂 Can you elaborate a bit? Any other issues when blocking Figma through Little Snitch?

You essentially block all outgoing and ongoing connections from Figma Helper using a firewall (Little Snitch or any other). When you’re done and want to upload the file, you can disable the rule. The only issues I’ve noticed so far are that you can’t use plugins, search, or open files without temporarily disabling the rule.

Completely disagree with you. No need to explain.

Like many users here I also see the need for some type of private mode. It is easy to be interrupted or questioned about designs that are WIP. I would love to use full-fledged Figma, while still appearing offline.

+1 to the thread. I want incognito mode for my cursor. I would love to be able to pause comments/notifications as well. I’ve had multiple occasions where other people are in my file while I’m working either watching what I’m doing or leaving comments on things that aren’t finished that are counterproductive to the process. I can’t duplicate the file or work in a draft because this happens after it has moved into a workable area, so doing so would create version control problems and the one time I tried to make a V2 file it did exactly that. I had devs in my V1 asking questions about dead UI. When I tried to control the links being shared it didn’t work.

I think that commenting and visibility is great but I should be able to adjust these settings on the fly. Having someone pop into my file at any time to spark up a convo or monitor what I’m doing is disruptive AF.

Yo! Are we invisible or can someone actually ‘hear’ us?

Agreed that this is a needed feature. For me especially when working on drafts for a new feature or a new flow, I’ll usually create a new page to isolate from the dev-ready screens. But anyone with the file link can still observe me drafting in that new page. I’d rather have the ability to hide myself while working, a toggle switch.

It’s wild that I have to maintain two separate identical files just to avoid the anxiety that clients popping in and out of my workspace induce.

Not to mention I have to toggle off the Multiplayer Cursors feature every single time I open a Figma file. I so rarely need to see anyone else’s cursors but 100% of the time it’s counterproductive to have my PMs cursors floating around my workspace. How has it been like this for this long?!

I should mention that I’m here writing this post because my client’s avatar is just disappearing and reappearing in my Figma file as we speak. It’s impossible to get any work done and I have to create a separate workspace yet again. They have every right to view the file but it’s not conducive to focusing on my work without thinking about them standing over my virtual shoulder.

So… It’s been approximately 2 years since all of these very valid arguments have been made for a disable observe mode feature. Is this being implemented, Figma? Just caught the devs watching me work (again).

This needs to stop.

Thank you.

I’m sorry. This STILL has not been addressed? Figma, please fix this, it’s really disturbing. I don’t get where you guys are coming from having this feature in the first place… We can easily “invite” people to follow us if WE want it. Why do you offer self-invitations? So strange. Honestly, fix this.