[ARandomerDude]

An important question:

Could I have thought of something at that time, with all the same constraints and without the benefit of hindsight, that would have been better?

For the vast -- and I mean vast -- majority of us, the answer to that question is a resounding No!.

[wbl]

At what time? Many of the issues are the result of evolution and bolting things on vs. redesigning things as conditions changed.