I think all of those ideas are great. I personally do not need staking notifications popping up nonstop, nor do I need my entire staking history (though the option to look back on it wouldn't hurt). A responsive wallet is most important for me.
Feel free to give this one a whirl:
Pinkcoin 1.2 Experimental Windows WalletThere's some bugs I'm working on squishing, like sometimes there's notifications of old stakes when you make new stakes, and changing the setting to view all transactions isn't saving after you close and reopen Pinkcoin, but all the new code is strictly on the UI end, specifically on the transaction history display and in the options menu, so it's safe to use, and will make the wallet handle less like a brick.
Let me know if you notice any other bugs I haven't mentioned though. And I haven't touched notifications, fwiw.
Just downloaded it and it is much more responsive now! Awesome work there. I'll keep it running and let you know of any issues I may come across.