I think the addition of modal data entry will have a great effect of "feel" for V5. In just the couple of days using V5, I've found that I feel much safer when viewing, entering, or editing records because I can see when the form is in view mode (one of the fields is black with white text) and it's not that way when entering data. With V4.5 one is not really sure if data has been saved.

Is there some function that is set to "view", "enter", or "change" depending on current status on form? I'd wouldn't mind placing a calculated display on forms that indicate the current condition of the form depending on whether in view, enter, or change mode. Or...would be nice if that was automatically listed on the information bar at the bottom of each form.

I can't explain it, but there is something to the "feel" of working with V5 that makes me much more comfortable with using Alpha Five v5 than Alpha Five v4.5. Maybe it's the modal, maybe it's other things.