The first is that when I type in "polac" (searching for polac VSTi for example) , the list instead shows every VST in my directory instead of machine names with the word "polac" in them.

Also, I would absolutely /love/ to be able to start typing a name of a machine, say ... "fuz" (short for Fuzzpilz) and then just use the 'up' and 'down' arrows to cycle through the list, and hit 'enter' from there instead of having to use the mouse to select. I for some reason thought we were able to do this before, but either I was imagining things, or its broken now.
Lastly, sometimes I accidentally will hit a button on my keyboard while in machine view and the "search box" pops up. I know we can hit "esc" to get rid of it, but in my case today (using an old keyboard), my escape key doesn't work, so I was forced to have to hit enter to load a machine and then delete it. Is there any way we can just "click outside" of the search box to have it close instead of relying solely on the keyboard?
Just a few things I think would be really helpful, and I would be much appreciative for if they were implemented
