Thanks for writing all this down, it's among the most useful feedback I've gotten so far. A few of these are already fixed in the next update:
-Every ore now shows what it actually sells for, in the bag and in the ore levels panel.
-Quest bars are amber while they run and green when they're ready, which is the way round you expected.
-The locked talent that wants the Hot Chip now tells you it drops from chests.
-There's a frame limit in the graphics settings, which should help more with the heat than performance mode did.
The sound mix, the inventory pacing and Larry's payouts are all fair points, but they need more than a quick change, so those are on my list rather than in the next build. Same for the cluttered UI.
I put your name in the game's credits for this. Glad the chest stacking landed, that one was meant to be found.
Cheers