As the design system team, we have permissions for almost all files within our organisation, and a mutual understanding with designers that we may look around and check out what’s being created in order to gauge priorities for future releases and find use cases to consider. However nobody enjoys being aware of other users floating around their file while they work, and we don’t enjoy intruding while others are at work, to the point where we’ll often leave and try again later if we see the file owner actively working.

A “ghost mode” would allow us to drop in, get what we need and leave without disrupting anyone’s work.

Seriously, this is annoying. Almost four years later and this massive flaw of a privacy violation feature hasn’t been properly addressed.

This is ridiculous. Please ADJUST this garbage of a feature.

This would be worse! Then you wouldn’t even be aware if someone is watching you. As far as I’m aware Figma saves multiple points of work? Surely there could be a way for other teams who need access to files to only be able to view say, the end of the previous days work. Giving your team, in your example, ample information to make decisions about priorities? Leaving the designer free to work without the sole crushing anxiety of possibly being spied on.

How is it possible that everyone has been asking for this to be removed for YEARS! When we pay so much for this service I think we deserve to be heard. TAKE THIS RUBBISH FEATURE OFF!!!

I know the designers I work with, and we’d all be cool with the option to simply not be constantly aware of one another. When I’m working on designs I also don’t mind people watching (so long as this doesn’t lead to them messaging me about what I’m doing), but I do mind seeing them hop around me as I do it.

This realtime observation thing is an abomination! Never felt so uncomfortable using a tool like this one, my first days using Figma and I’m very disapointed with this.

this doesn’t work well if you use variables or layer styles.

It would be great to have this feature, as it’s a must have.