Bleriot XI was different
Personally I prefer the current method of flight control movement. To me it is very logical. On your rudder control comment, the method used to pull the nose to left, step on the left rudder is very logical. When riding a bike, it is logical to put the drag the left foot to pull the bike to the left.
On the Bleriot XI and the Wright flier used wing warp for roll control. Rhinebeck in New York State does have a Bleriot in flying condition. OK, it was last flown in late seventies, maybe three flight totally about ten minutes. I did visit the museum and had a rather long talk with one of the members. The flight control was discussed. It had two control sticks. One for roll, wing warp and a separate one for pitch. To roll left the stick was moved to the right and to pitch down the stick was pulled back.
The Bleriot at Rhinebeck was found in a barn outside Boston and had suffered minor fire damage. The good folks ant Rhinebeck rebuilt it replacing only a handful of parts.
I like our current method, but would like to see a little more feed back in the controls. So few aircraft use wire and springs anymore it is all moved by a flight control computer, read autopilot with manual inputs.