Claire,
Another issue with the suggestion tool vs this board is that I have no idea if what I am suggesting has been kicked to death. With the board, I can search to see a) is there a work around, b) am I correctly using AC, c) I am not alone with running into an issue, d) the issue has been addressed ie selected to be revamped, heard but on hold for now. To advantage of the tool is that you get to see how important is it as the number of people reporting it will give you this heads up. Now if there was a way that the tool could provide the above, then you have a tool that provides the best of both worlds.