I don't mind that you disagree with my assertion that the Hi Power is superior to the 1911. It's just my opinion. And I'm sure the majority of the gun shooting public would agree with you. I've been gunsmithing off and on for almost 50 years, and I'm thoroughly acquainted with the foibles of both designs. That damn magazine disconnector was the biggest flaw the HP had, but you have to remember, it was the French Army that originally tasked FN to build a new service pistol for them, and the mag disconnect was a requirement. Naturally, the French ultimately rejected the pistol (as any thinking man would've realized they would at the time). I think they just wanted to see what Browning would come up with so they could copy any of the more salient features they liked -- and they did.
The mag disconnector is the biggest factor in giving most Hi Powers their crappy trigger pulls. Yanking that thing out, and voila! The trigger pull is instantly lighter! All that needs to be done thereafter is polish the daylights out of all the gun's contact surfaces. (I don't believe anyone but a skilled rocket surgeon should ever go to polishing or otherwise tinkering with the sear engagement. That's begging for trouble.
And as far as designs are concerned, FN continued "improving" the design over the years, although they were mostly invisible to the eye. The biggest two were redesigning the extractor to an external version, and making the pistol "drop safe."