Hello,
the 8.0.20 release is much closer than you might think, and I really mean it.
The hovering is being looked at, yes. But I don’t know the status, surely a UI change won’t happen in a point release. The ‘AOT’ Mixer is also being looked at. There are trades in this regard, as the change of having the plug-ins editors on top complicated the situation quite a bit.
The menu bar is how menus look in Windows 7 - if you refer in particular to the issues with zoom factors higher than 100%, this is being looked into since the issue has been reported, but as Win 7 and 8 behave differently, the fix on 7 is much more complicated that it might seem (Can barely see menu labels! - Cubase - Steinberg Forums).
Kind regards,