Some updates and nudging toward notification ui

.gitignore

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ node_modules
 signature.bin
 *.pem
 verified.txt
+myenv
 
 *~
 # local env files

src/db/tables/settings.ts

@@ -1,31 +1,46 @@
+/**
+ * BoundingBox type describes the geographical bounding box coordinates.
+ */
 export type BoundingBox = {
-  eastLong: number;
-  maxLat: number;
-  minLat: number;
-  westLong: number;
+  eastLong: number; // Eastern longitude
+  maxLat: number; // Maximum (Northernmost) latitude
+  minLat: number; // Minimum (Southernmost) latitude
+  westLong: number; // Western longitude
 };
 
-// Updated Settings type
+/**
+ * Settings type encompasses user-specific configuration details.
+ */
 export type Settings = {
-  id: number; // there's only one entry: MASTER_SETTINGS_KEY
+  id: number; // Only one entry using MASTER_SETTINGS_KEY
 
-  activeDid?: string;
-  apiServer?: string;
-  firstName?: string;
-  lastName?: string;
-  lastViewedClaimId?: string;
+  activeDid?: string; // Active Decentralized ID
+  apiServer?: string; // API server URL
+  firstName?: string; // User's first name
+  lastName?: string; // User's last name
+  lastViewedClaimId?: string; // Last viewed claim ID
+  lastNotifiedClaimId?: string; // Last notified claim ID
+
+  // Array of named search boxes defined by bounding boxes
   searchBoxes?: Array<{
     name: string;
     bbox: BoundingBox;
   }>;
-  showContactGivesInline?: boolean;
-  vapid?: string; // added VAPID field
-  reminderTime?: number; // Time in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch
-  reminderOn?: boolean; // Whether the reminder is on or off
+
+  showContactGivesInline?: boolean; // Display contact inline or not
+  vapid?: string; // VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification) field for web push
+  reminderTime?: number; // Time in milliseconds since UNIX epoch for reminders
+  reminderOn?: boolean; // Toggle to enable or disable reminders
 };
 
+/**
+ * Schema for the Settings table in the database.
+ */
 export const SettingsSchema = {
   settings: "id",
 };
 
+/**
+ * Constants.
+ */
 export const MASTER_SETTINGS_KEY = 1;