Yeah you definitely want to have the ability to use Exhilaration separately sometimes.
In the settings of healbot it is possible to configure the order of the bars alphabetically, so you will not have to worry about that

Yeah I also like my hunters more than the paladins. At first it was more for the challenge of x5 dps, but now with new patches and the scaling of gear for dps vs prot spec, 5 BM hunter is closing in on the overall strength of the 5 prot pala team.