Carnage matey!,
I have to agree with everything you have posted so far on this thread.
The design philosophy of the current Airbus FBW system has proven itself over the years. I have flown A320/330/340 and found the transition of flight modes absolutely transparent.
I do not understand why people with no aviation background post on pprune and try to explain day to day flying operations to pilots.
As you said above there is no handling difference between normal and alternate law, you get the same response for the same sidestick input.
Also I do not see the need for a system to state the obvious. We all know how to operate the weather radar and FMGS to our advantage.
Now for all the armchair experts. There is a reason why the Airbus reverts to alternate law with unreliable speed. It actually happens to make the pilots job easier, since you can't trust the airspeed indications, you have to fly pitch attitude and thrust setting.
The last thing you need in this situation is for the overspeed protection to activate and the aircraft to pitch up on its own, that is why the switch occurs from normal law to alternate, because in this situation it is the most appropriate control law. I will not comment on the rudder travel limiter, as it already has been explained by carnage matey.