"(No I haven't sent this to DDG feedback because for all I know it is a personal peeve and everybody else likes it this way)"
The way I see it, Gabriel's job is to decide whether it's a personal peeve or not. Your job is to ask for new features and "complain" about the old features, so that he can hear what real users think.
Yes, please complain (although be nice about it) :)
The design is continually in flux based on user feedback, but recently I've been stepping back to take a more holistic approach and really push it forward.
I will be working with a professional designer on this and the duck.co community (if anyone wants to participate). I hope this will become evident (and useful) within a few months from now. So by all means, give design feedback!
The way I see it, Gabriel's job is to decide whether it's a personal peeve or not. Your job is to ask for new features and "complain" about the old features, so that he can hear what real users think.