i think qwerty has done an amazing job of making this widget
even down to the extra click required it works well for people I have seen using it.
(how do you get your 99% metric?)

Removing the tickbox from where he has it would mean messing with the control panel applet itself and that just adds to the overall complexity and I, for one, like his approach

if you have a bug report, file it in bugs.maemo.org or use the correct bugtracker information in his package field, there is no guarantee that Faheem will see this, though he probably will

thats the sort of thing designers would notice and i bet related to the uniform size of the nobbles, but some of the gap may be possible to be removed between the icon and the first nobble.

its on my essential applications list everytime I install and one of the most naturally integrated tweaks I have seen