Ahh the UI and UX all primarily designed for console first (PS3), pc second.

Im trying to remember its been such a long long time ago but i don't even think 1.0 had loading screens with the name of the area you were zoning it, it just simple loading transition and based on your load time, the transition just continue. Anexample is leaving limsa, you would just walk across the bridge, and everything loaded in the background, no black screen, no location. It was an interesting concept.

But yea, the minimum we should have, is options to turn off what notifications will pop up on your screen.