I mostly agree 
but did you mean “utopian” world? 
A dystopian world is bad and undesirable 
Beta 1.54 was unusable for me (due to the non-tap-off bug) but the quick fix to beta 1.55 solved that and I can run with it now 
Thanks @EricM_Inovelli for getting that out so quickly! 
However, 3-way SBM mode is still acting very weird. Since this is beta firmware that’s ok with me. But in my utopian world, this would either need to be fixed, or at least dis-allowed in the device handler before it becomes official production release.
I agree with that wish-list
But I would modify #1 to include both modes of SBM (mode1=on/off, mode2=always on)
And I would add #5
Better LED bar dimming using gamma curve (top example in illustration below)
(initial request posted here: LED Bar Intensity values - big gap/jump between 10% and 20%)