Oldie but goodie! Yes, currently when I'm in Gallery, and want to go to Admin, I have to go to the gear, select admin, and a new tab opens. It'd be nice to just have a couple radio buttons near my avatar (for Curators) - one for Gallery and one for Admin.
Thanks for the clarification! We're going to go ahead and investigate this as part of a larger review of the front end structure. I'll let you know what comes of the investigation.