The great thing about Scrivener is that it lets different people write different ways. You're never shoehorned.

I've used the status settings before, but not much. I suspect I'll use them more when I start revising the book I'm now writing.

Snapshots are a godsend. Other than document navigation in the left pane, snapshots are my favorite feature. The one I can no longer live without. There's a lot of freedom in taking a shot and then doing whatever you want to the text without having to worry whether you can get it back.