Very much agree that all of these points are actual issues that WF should improve.
After some years of being with WF the Editor side of things has hardly received any upgrade in functionality – and as time passes, the impression it makes seems more and more rudimentary. In fact, these features that used to be there have been removed:
• Ability to see which other user is currently logged on – was kind of helpful if Publish makes anyone’s changes live
• Ability to edit link blocks
I try to sell this to clients telling them that the beauty is that it’s dead simple to use. Then I’ve got to start talking about its limitations … and the last potential client opted for someone else’s Wordpress proposal…