[Piers]

Keep in mind that this is the default skin and majority of people who will be using that don't (yet) have the need to customize the main menu.
As always, if you are a power user and want more control over look and feel, there are a dozen other skins to choose from.

Yes, I think people are missing that point. The level of customisation was discussed very early on - I have the logs, and it was decided that adding too many features defeats the purpose of having a replacement skin which is fast and compatible with multiple devices.