[Nik Collection TESTED and FULLY FUNCTIONAL]

Yes, it only works in 8Bit right now. They will bring a fix for this bug in near future. :)
One of the most discussed issues here in the forum in the last days. 

[Zoom like a photoshop]

like mark said, it works fine for me, like in the older photoshop versions. ctrl + mousewheel. Just simple and intuitive.

[Dublicate Layer (Drag an Drop)]

in addition: it would be also usefull to drag & drop a layer into another project tab/picture :)

[What Photoshop Plugins will work with Affinity Photo Beta]

Well it seems like I have two of the NIK Plugins which are supposed to be working but I can't use them. Seems to be greyed out. Is it because I'm in 16 bit mode. If so how do I change it?

 

same here on my german windows 10 x64 :)

[all plugins greyed-out in 16bit]

That sounds great. I tried to use my Google NIK Collection yesterday and A.Photo says two of them are working (see the pictures above), but all greyed out in my filter section.

I look forward to any new improvements and the next versions.  I'm waiting over 20 years now for a product like yours. So take my money asap. I hopefully will say good bye adobe in mid of next year. :)