Configure library browsing Questions

[agisthos]

I have Minimserver on a QNAP and use JPlay as the control app and this seems like a great combination.
All my music files are fully tagged.
I have no experience with Minimserver configuration so forgive me if what I am about to ask is actually a JPlay setting issue.

I just want the control app browsing to mimic JRiver...
Genre > Artist > Albums

By adding the Genre tag to index tags i.e
indexTags = Artist, Genre
...this seems to do the job.

Q. But how do we make the albums of a particular Artist display in sort order of 'year' tag, not alphabetically?

Q. Between clicking on 'Genre' and seeing the Artist list within that Genre, there is an extra step showing 3 choices "xxx albums, xxx items, Artist".
Is it possible to skip this step and go straight to Artist list?

Q. I saw you can do exclusions. Can exclusions just apply when browsing into Genre (or artist) but when using [Folder View] be still available to see/play?
Can exclusions only apply to one Content Directory but not others?

Q. Is there any suggested settings for JPlay specific peculiarities?