Auto-Advance: I saw the list with six speed settings. And I could place tickmarks next to any two options at the same time.
Learn Mode: That wasn’t obvious to me, thanks for clearing that up. Maybe it didn’t become obvious to me because tapping a list (any list, any way) just got me stuck with spinning wheels.
Continuous Mode: I didn’t try continuous mode because I thought it would not necessarily study my due items, much like studying after the counter hit 0 in the nonbeta.
Disagree with your statement you couldn’t reach zero before, that’s simply not true. If you had wrong answers or items became due during your session that would increase the number a little bit during that session, as it should. Item due, item placed in queue, study item, repeat until learned. SRS was calculating due times in minutes, hours and days if I’m not wrong. If now the minimum interval is a day that would drastically change things. Note that it’s not just about failed cards but also cards that became due naturally. I did not see any new items in my queue for over an hour, that normally was around 10 per hour.
Due Cards on homescreen: that’s true. Other suggestions for homescreen still stand though.
I already switched back and can’t post screenshots anymore. That switchback took some time downloading and syncing, but was completed without having to rerereview anything: a great relief.
I will give it another try in Q3.