The main awesome thing about stuff like this is that user-extensions can (where applicable - I'm looking at you scumbag chrome android) modify the user experien

The main awesome thing about stuff like this is that user-extensions can (where applicable - I'm looking at you scumbag chrome android) modify the user experience at the user's pleasure. Send the toast messages to some other side channel, or just hide them altogether. Strong personal bias but modals always felt like a huge sign of weakness, a narrowing of complex situations to make UI design easier/simpler, but not necessarily better.