Mouse moving and keybinding

A while ago, I asked in this group for some advice on switching from
using WASDQE for movement to using the mouse, as well as using
keybindings for casting rather than clicking. I gave up at the time
because it was proving very difficult for me to adjust from QE to AD
for strafing and not having, what I felt, as much control over my
character.

I'm now forcing it on myself, playing many battlegrounds this weekend
with keybinds for major skills (including Q and E). Slowly I'm getting
used to it. One bit of advice I found helpful was to not try bind
everything at once, so I'm now in the habit of (resto druid):

(all on target unless mentioned)
Q=Rejuvination
E=Lifebloom
R=Regrowth
F=Nourish
C=Swiftmend
1=Cyclone
2=Roots

Alt+any is self cast. This I'm not sure about. It's very helpful,
without having to change my target to heal myself, but the alt key is
the easiest modifier for me to access, so I'm not sure if I should be
putting it to better use (though keeping myself alive is pretty good
use imo).

So, very limited subset at the moment, I'm still clicking for other
stuff, which I need to get sorted asap. Changing forms is a big one,
warstomp, faerie fire, natures swiftness + healing touch macro, etc. I
also use grid+clique so use this to heal in battlegrounds as it's much
much faster than targetting then healing even if using keybinds.

I still have questions on a few issues though, I will try to make
sense of my ramblings, some apply to arena only. The highest rating I
ever got to in arena was only 1650 in TBC. I was a clicker, so perhaps
it's time to up my game.

1) I miss my F=assist key. F is extemely nice to keybind to a useful
spell since it's an easy key to reach, but I did use F to assist quite
a lot. For example, instead of relying on grid (*) in heavy activity
in battlegrounds, I could tab target the enemy players, finding if
their target was taking heavy damage, F to assist and then focus my
heals. I suppose there are ways around this. Anyone else use assist,
but have F bound to something else?

2) What sort of macros should I be using in arena? Should I have the
primary keys macro'd to heal my team mate so I don't have to target
him to do so? Who should I be using focus on? I seem to recall seing
some addons which would automatically put the enemy unit frames on the
screen somewhere, as well as their cast bars, for easier targetting,
cc, etc. Do these type of addons exist?

3) Targetting. What's the easiest way to do this? I have nameplates on
of course, but even so it's not always easy to pick out the target I
want quickly.

4) Mouse moving is still a bit of a pain. I don't feel like I have as
much control over my character as I did when using WASDQE (combined
with the mouse). It's Q + E that I miss. I hope this will come with
practice and experience. For example, in AV when running up the spiral
ramps in the Horde towers, I run out of desk/real estate for my mouse
half and have to execute a quick "lift and shift" of the mouse to
continue turning. It feels unnatural and silly. I've tried increasing
my mouse sensitivity, which results in more awkward flipping around.
Is the key the mouse sensitivity (needs to be high), or am I missing
another way? Moving along narrow edges too gives me trouble at the
moment, I don't have the control and often make a mistake and end up
falling.

5) Related to (2), macros. I find if I have no target, I will
sometimes press Q or E by mistake while moving and my cursor then
changes to the hand (to target someone to cast on). Is this fine, or
should I be using macros which will : "Cast on target if I have one,
if not, cast on focus if I have one, if not, cast on self"?

6) Moving with the mouse conflicts with grid+clique in battlegrounds
because you obviously can't be moving in different directions with the
mouse and trying to click on a unit frame in grid. I don't know how to
solve this.

I'm sure I have other questions, but that'll do for now. Any
assistance from those who mousemove is appreciated.

(*) Though Grid is still playing up for me after all this time and not
showing people's health accurately.
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