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I think the current body bg color is ugly. Black is baad. Take a look at these alternative examples. Their HEX color value is in the file names. http://qubodup.googlepages.com/oga1E5490.png http://qubodup.googlepages.com/oga444444.png http://qubodup.googlepages.com/ogaFFFFFF.png I think 1E5490 is best. Something along these lines maybe?
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I've changed it, so we can look at it for a little while. My issue with the first one is that it blends in a little too well with the bue on top.
Anyway, it might be good to add some kind of subtle pattern, gradient, or drop shadow.
Thoughts?
I'm going to be frank, I like the first, but ideally, users could set it in their prefs. :)
the gray now is absolutely good enough for me.