Quote from: ctoon6 on April 29, 2012, 07:52:45 PM

i also see a backup wallet feature, but no restore feature.

It's pretty much assumed that restoring is an unusual event, when you've lost your main system.

Quote from: ctoon6 on April 29, 2012, 07:52:45 PM

and the sign feature is pretty much useless as there is no validate feature, so whats the point of making signed messages that no one can easily verify.

bitcoind has a verification function. Sign Message is needed for everyone, but only people asking for the signatures need the ability to verify. Nevertheless, a Verify Message dialog is planned for 0.7.

I filed two issues for the intuitiveness problems mentioned: Bitcoin-Qt: Label use non-intuitive to newbies: appears to be per-transaction rather than per-address and Bitcoin-Qt Export function non-intuitive