Since the people developing these updates seem to be regularly making magic, I've got two questions:
Would it be possible to change the direction long-touch menus open from the point of touch?
Also, how about moving the status bar from the top to the bottom?

Having options for both would really improve the touch-friendliness of the UI, which seems to be suffering from some decisions made with the stylus in mind.

Specifically, menus in maemo 5 prefer to open downwards from the top, or down and to the right. That means you've got to move your thumb to actually see the menu, and in many apps lifting your thumb off the screen leads to the menu closing.
The statusbar location is not bad, really, but with the keyboard open, being able to switch apps and browse menus could be easier with the bar on the bottom of the screen.

Maybe not everyone would need it, but more options is always better, no?