Well, I used the ugly default black background because people started getting cute and forced light colored fonts that weren't visible on a light screen. Light fonts on black backgrounds (especially teeny tiny fonts) are terribly eye straining and ultimately unreadable. I'm just amazed how theoretically creative people would be so adverse to trying something new. It is really illuminating. Depressing, but illuminating. I still think it's nice to have a change and I am sure there will be other changes before we're done and some you won't like and some I won't like, and it just isn't very important one way or the other. It's just too bad we can't see what it looks like before we start whining about how put upon we are. The fact is that a black background does not make a medoicre graphic look any better, and a light background does not detract from a masterful rendering...ask any art gallery director and they would probably say the same. As for the reflection from a light background. Be real. That's why you have adjustments on your monitor. It is the controls on your monitor and the light in your room that is the problem...not a light background.