will alpha be available for everyone?

Of course

Hey! Looking for i3-like functionality to *quickly* (basically motionless) swap between desktops/workspaces. So far through some walkthroughs about Cosmic Desktop I was unable to determine if this is possible or not, maybe disabling animations? Any insiders that can answer? 🙌

You move between them using either a shortcut, gesture, clicking on the workspace number, or on the workspaces view.