Personally I'm not keen on likening XXP to or wishing it was more like other graphic apps, especially those that I find less friendly or intuitive to use. XXPS strengths are it's ease of use, fluidity, speed, shallow learning curve and uncluttered UI, there are many other strengths that, for me, out weigh any weaknesses.
Sure, some things might be improved or added, but turn it into something like CorelDraw or Illustrator then there'd be no point in having XaraXtreme.

06 Click drag for selection
What do you mean? I can already 'Click' then 'Drag' to select in XXP??