@Mytran Interesting idea about the lights but I don't think we are shown enough to conclude that. Since both of the lights over Uhura go out and not just the port one, one can easily say that it is the rear lights that powered by the port bus and the forward lights that are powered by the starboard bus. (That's how I would do it so that each perimeter side would have some lighting.)
As for other bridges, I don't find their designs relevant. Some of those bridges had access to ready rooms, which this bridge lacks; some had multiple exits, which this bridge lacks;some had ops and tactical stations, which this bridge lacks; and some combined nav and helm, which this bridge doesn't. So I don't think using them to generalize here works but YMMV.
Ultimately, the simplest to me is a round bridge with a dome-shaped ceiling fitting in the dome that it was designed to fit in, even if that means the bridge is canted. Especially since the alternatives include significantly up-sizing the ship or pushing the bridge so far down into the B/C superstructure that you are left wondering why the bridge is round and dome-shaped.
As for other bridges, I don't find their designs relevant. Some of those bridges had access to ready rooms, which this bridge lacks; some had multiple exits, which this bridge lacks;
Ultimately, the simplest to me is a round bridge with a dome-shaped ceiling fitting in the dome that it was designed to fit in, even if that means the bridge is canted. Especially since the alternatives include significantly up-sizing the ship or pushing the bridge so far down into the B/C superstructure that you are left wondering why the bridge is round and dome-shaped.
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I, too, have never noticed that the nub is gone in TAS. I checked several other episodes on TrekCore (there's probably only about 6 Enterprise views reused in all episodes), and the nub is missing in those episodes I looked at, but I did not look at all of them. Good catch, 
