Show list of announcements, at least once or by default, and turn on/off in a setting

I think the goal is to move the notifications into a standardized dashboard, so I'm not sure if that goal conflicts with this suggestion.
See some of the follow-up issues that were created and addressed in this one 📌 Mark Announcements Feed as stable Fixed and feel free to chime in on the ones that you find appropriate.

Agree with @fjgarlin, I consider the Announcements toolbar link and the off-canvas list to be a temporary placeholder until we have Dashboard in place. A Dashboard is a much more logical long-term home for the feed.

Thanks @fjgarlin and @AaronMcHale for fast responses, I really appreciate it.

Showing notifications in a dedicated dashboard sounds like a great idea. I guess something like CiviCRM has, with a block of recent news at the bottom of the page when admin users log in?

The important part, as far as I see it, is that announcements are displayed automatically and presented to the user in a list, with no action from the user, so they are certain to be alerted to new announcements. The user shouldn't have to click a link, to access a dashboard.

I'll close this issue, since there are other issues for the planned dashboard. But if the plan is to make a solution with a dashboard, which is not presented automatically to the user, this issue can be reopened, for discussion about that.

I'll make sure to subscribe to the issue you mention, and relevant child issues.

Have a nice day.

The user shouldn't have to click a link, to access a dashboard.

There hasn't been a formal decision yet, but I feel like having the Dashboard be the first thing users see after logging in makes sense.