Hey George,
I agree it would be good to have a better user experience and like you the better of the two is option two. Option one with ignoring everything is not something we should have, having a log is much better to understand what goes down the drain.
So yeah, I am in favour of option 2. If he can do it before next Wednesday (I know it is last minute notice) I can include it in Joomla 3.5.
Regards,
Roland