It's only taken me a year to notice this question.
In my opinion I want them to get rid of the cloth in the low side of the helmet. It gets trapped by the Velcro of a Klim Lattitude jacket (1st gen), and also by the Velcro on my Helite vest. Doesn't take all that long to end up looking like this.
A modern helmet should have cutouts for speakers. XD4 does not.
An internal visor would be nice, but I've been told that will never happen.
When I wrote the original post a year ago I wanted to wait for an update. Finally last month I gave up and bought another XD4. Didn't want to, but I could find only 3 possible helmets that had a useful peak. I use my XD4 peak all the time as a sun blocker in the early morning or riding into the sunset. I checked out the Klim and Schuberth alternatives, but they were not good fits for me. All other "adventure" style helmets appear to think a peak is a decoration.
For some reason this new XD4 is taking me longer to break in than my first two XDs. I'm thinking way too much about the comfort of the helmet after a while. Still have some spoon work to do I guess. Due to this, I'll take that ripped up XD shown above with me on the BDR ride later this month. It's beat to crap, but it doesn't cause me any discomfort.