i recently noticed that duckduckgo wasn't loading correctly in my browser. i use firefox and have had no problem with the website in the past. (edit: i tried IE and got the same result)
first, i manually changed all of the settings to (default) on https://duckduckgo.com/settings.html but the page loaded correctly only after i hit reset settings. after going through them one by one, i realized that header: color was the offender. changing it from default (in my case, blue) caused items to disappear. attempting to revert by changing the setting to light green (default) didn't fix the problem until i reset the entire settings again.
i noticed that on the main page, www.duckduckgo.com, the boundary box for the logo/link seems to be literally on the border of the search bar. given that there isn't a visible boundary, i doubt most users would click only a few pixels above the search box intending to go to https://duckduckgo.com/?q=DuckDuckGo. maybe raise to just below the 'DuckDuckGo'?
i've made and used my fair share of themes/personas in the past. a little while ago i decided that it might be fun to switch to a ddg theme, but didn't see one anywhere on firefox's getpersonas.com
i'm going to go ahead and create my own to use, but i'll definitely try more out if any of you guys decide to make one. might be nice for fans to wear to help spread the awesome. we could even have multiple themes made due to the customizability of ddg (i change my background to match whenever i switch personas).