Disable 'observe' mode

Most of the time people have just the file open. And no, this is NOT the digital equivalent of designing with someone over your shoulder.

The replies here are very dismissive of how @Dave2 works. He might work in a very different way to you. I’m not sure “I don’t understand why you need this” should be a reply from a moderator in the “Product Questions” section? @Gleb

Personally, I completely understand Dave’s problem, if a file has been shared with the client for review and then you do further work on that file the client can, if they choose, literally watch you work.

Completely disagree. This IS the digital equivalent of designing with someone over your shoulder. If not this, then what is??

100% disagree, I’ve been through several occasions of real-time pixel pushing by C-levels and also micromanaging. Very toxic feature.

I would like to understand the issue better, so I’m wondering:

1. Why don’t you work in drafts to avoid this?

2. If they required something like this, won’t they require you to share your screen while doing work if Figma’s multiplayer didn’t exist?

3. How do you see the “multiplayerless” mode working?

Hey Gleb, I’m sorry for replying late, I just posted more details on Josh’s reply here: Multiplayer mode and emotional triggers

1. The thing is that the feature is being used as a way to follow a real-time online presence. People know about the draft mode, but they’ll just ask you to use a shared file.

2. This always happens with designers during their work, the “looking over your shoulder” thing. I can’t remember an occasion that I had to live-share my computer screen back when I used desktop applications.

3. There are a few interesting ideas in the link above.

I really appreciate your reply and for sharing this 🙂

this message translate, sorry for bad English 🤭

This feature should come.
As a ui developer, while working without looking at my e-mails and messages, they feel the need to establish a dialogue with me because I appear active on the figma and sometimes the time does not matter for the caller.
I don’t want to be disturbed because I appear online in figma while working late.

Totally worth feature. I’m developer and I work along with designers, but I don’t want to distract them, I just want to get the informations that I need.

because it’s a big privacy concern/issue?

I’m a dev. I implement the designs created by our designers.
There is not a single valid scenario where anyone would need to see my cursor.
I can turn it off, although it will only turn it off on my side, others will still see my cursor and also turning it off will only work for a limited time (until i log back in again or refresh the page).

Makes me hate your product.