I would like to see a notification center that houses much of the information that appears via pop-ups (apart from important events). The pop-ups become annoying and tend to happen right when I’m about to click to perform my next action. This allows players to view past notifications and not be bombarded with pop-ups. Throw in a pause button to make it easier to organize commands/actions and view the notifications without time flying by. The pause button would greatly help as I have a hard time getting the R&D budget slider where I want it without a pop-up disturbing me or time progressing and getting charged the wrong amount for R&D.
The ESC button functions as a pause menu and I think those little notifications you’re talking about are also under the escape menu under “Help”
Pressing escape does not give me access to issuing commands/actions to the staff, nor does it allow me to change my R&D and console budgets.