Great, thank you! I think I've got the benefits now. Like you said, they're not major but all together makes for a nicer experience.
As for notifications, it's something on the list. Right now people use notifications from other apps, so I would just use https://hive.blog/@crazy-unicorn/notifications until we have something done in leofinance.
And BTW you can create a custom search bar in most browsers if I remember correctly.