Emily et al: Any chance of any of these features being included in some future release, hopefully not too far in the future?

I'm aware of the workarounds on start date and subtasks, it's just not quite enough for me, makes it confusing. These are important items, at least to me. On the popup calendar, I find myself toggling to a different application to figure out date/dow that I want something to be due, not that efficient. (I do like the keyboard input, just want my cake and eat it too.)

Thx, any updates would be appreciated, have a nice day.