I would like to see (optional) better navigation built-in to move between cart, checkout, account, product, etc. pages. Currently, there is an assumed, almost forced, flow... ie: add to cart (find way to get to cart) -> cart -> checkout -> (payment) -> back to site

But, what if I'm in the checkout, and remember I'd like to add another product? Or, what if I'm at the cart and would like to go back to the shop? Or, what if I'm shopping and would like to go to the cart?

Yes, you can modify the WooCommerce PHP files, or maybe find various plugins. But, it seems some of this should be built into core. It is navigation I end up manually adding to just about every site I create. I suppose it's some kind of sales tactic to not have it (ie: once they are in the cart, we don't want them to escape?), but it should be at least optional to quickly add basic navigation to cart and checkout pages, minimally, and it would be nice for any stock Woo pages.

And, while many exist, I find it a bit odd I have to install a 3rd party plugin to display a cart-status when an item gets added to the cart. Again, that seems like something just about every store would need... so at least base functionality should be in core. Thanks.