"but I feel things might be finally moving in the right direction."

Lee, you are tough one to please, but I am glad you've appreciated real progress that was made!

I will repeat bits of what I've said in another thread:

It's great that finally we have VST3, options for Chord Track, single Library and a good progress was made on UI.
However, now is the right time for PGM to tighten up a lot of things that relate to workflow. Complete unfinished features, consistency of navigation, zoom, transport, cursor, known bugs etc. So BIAB becomes a fully modular piece of composing software that feels premium.

The most productive leap since I started using BIAB was 2025, when PGM created and curated several pinned topics on UI in wishlist. They made known that they are open to particular change, gathered focused opinions and it turned out better than expected. Vast majority of people liked new UI. I feel that rather than just throwing ideas into wishlist well, PGM has to step up and set the tone for 2027 release, just as it did in 2025 (for 2026).