Hi @l5newbie, I made a new topic of your post top better be able to respond.
Those are good observations, e.g. with the sliding inconsistency. Only thing I could think of is that it’s on purpose that a tap is not sufficient on the lock screen. So that it doesn’t unlock to easily. But the dock could/should slide maybe?
Most of your comments seem to be related to keyboard things, so @dcz might be interested to respond.
Also, have a look at this post (or the whole topic):
I’m also interested in the German keyboard, although not the Austrian 