Make Dev Mode Annotations Visible to All

​@djv It seems we have a misunderstanding here… the problem is with the AND.
No one and no company is going to pay for a seat for PMs, QAs, stakeholders, etc., to read the annotations. It simply makes absolutely no sense!

That is what we need:

Anyone with a Full or a Dev seat OR at least can view access to a file should be able to view measurements and annotations. 

I love the new annotation feature. Few points of interest to flag from my experience with them.
 

• In full screen mode it would be nice if they persisted without having to tap on (y) so they can be used in conjunction with move tool (v).
• Upon copied a component an annotation is connected to, don’t copy annotiation
  • I use annotation when creating not just for dev handover and this becomes annoying very quickly
• It would be great if we also have an annotation tool for flow direction. A line to connect a button click to the next screen.
  • One that it’s as stringy as the prototype lines.  
• Choose if the annotation appears top, bottom, left, right of component it is attached to

Just adding another voice here. Annotations need to be viewed by any user with view access, regardless if it’s a paid seat. I use annotations to mark documentation and interactions that non-developers need to see as well (PMs, marketing, etc.). It’s ridiculous that this is locked behind a paywall. For shame, Figma

Do you have any news on it? We really miss this.

The fix outlined above does not actually fix the issue every person in this thread is highlighting. We want annotations to visible by users without paid seats (full and dev). Any user we give access to our file should be able to see the annotations. 

Indeed this is the exact issue. EVERYONE WITH VIEW access should be able to see the annotations.

Hello Figma team,

2 months passed and nothing new happened, do we need to stop using this feature ?

I mean, we paid or have been paid a licence to create annotations, great, but why asking people to pay for reading them ? the logic is that we will continue with the poorman’s comment sections and that’s all.

Are you still thinking about changing this or the case is closed ? Just to be sure.

Best

+1

Any updates on this? Agree with everyone here - annotations are only useful if they can be seen by the larger team. We just started using them, but if a change isn't made, we will need to stop using them. Thanks for your consideration. 

+1 for annotations viewable to all. We just started using them, and they have quickly become useless. Please allow everyone to see them. 

Also, please let the annotations be downloaded - we provided the figma file to a contractor, who has a full dev seat of their own Figma account and they cannot see the dev annotations either.  We only wanted them to focus on part of it (not have access to our entire project), which is why we downloaded it. But it is useless unless they are added to our project/environment with a full seat (which they already have/pay for elsewhere)?