Story does not yet compare to Final Draft as a screenwriting tool

I was very excited to discover Story was included in the cloud - I was hoping I could use it to supplant Final Draft.
However,
Story is not a great tool yet and is not nearly at the same level as Final Draft when it comes to the writing experience. I am re-converting back to Final Draft.
Text typing is sluggish - I'm often waiting for the cursor to appear where I place my mouse, text takes time to appear - even in offline mode. The mouse doesn't move fluidly in the software - which actually is a problem when you are trying to place it for editing.
There needs to be many, more formatting options - there doesn't even seem to be an All-Caps option which is unforgivable in screenwriting software. Auto-complete is wonky and editing a character list to remove or re-order names is ridiculous (why wouldn't you auto-create a character list and let me edit that list easily from inside the writing interface - as opposed to some unintuitive, seperate character list that requires me to close my script?). For example, I have a character now named "A" that I cannot seem to remove from the project because I cannot access the auto-correct list.
And saying - "make a character list and then edit it" - is not an acceptable answer because the program should do that for me automatically (updating all the way) as I go.
Opening scripts takes way too long. Using the auto-format keys feels broken - I should type a sentence and then CNTL-# and be typing in the next element on th new line immediately, rather than having to hit the return key and THEN format. While that may be a preference of mine that isn't shared by others, I should be able to make the program do that easily (which is one of Story's failings - it doesn't let me manage my workspace nearly enough). 
When I save, the script should open AT THE PLACE I SAVED. Especially when you force me to quit writing to manage the project frequently and loading scripts takes so long. This is a really annoying trait of the software and again seems simple to include or offer options for letting me set that preference in there somewhere.
The organizational options are really unflexible. I want all my scripts in one place - not each in its own project. Why force that? Why not be more flexible? For a company that makes things like After Effects - which has incredible workspace flexibility - this product feels strangely dictatorial.
The downloaded program is buggy (for example - the formatting bar is selected, but doesn't show, unless i select it again, the mouse feels loose).
It feels like the software was designed to do many things. What it isn't is a comperable challenger to Final Draft. Sorry. And I WANTED this to be the case.
Sorry guys, you lost a very excited potential convert.

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