Hello , this feature takes you to the top search result and it saves you 1 click and its about the only feature I want from DuckDuckGo, it is also implemented by Kagi.com
If you query “! cnn” or “cnn !” it will take you to the top result which should be cnn.com . Give it a try. This is similar to Google’s “I am feeling lucky” . It really save you that extra page load.
I am not sure you understood what I said, I am not asking to implement bangs. there is a plain bang that takes you to the top result no matter what you search. Try it on duckduckgo.com