Quote - "ooh, I think somebody's bitter. :P"

Bitter? It has nothing to do with being bitter. Some of us need the higher contrast backgrounds in order to be able to see the site well first of all. Add to that, its sort of like peeing on my leg and telling me its raining, by telling me, that in order to give me more options, they need to take those options I already had away. And oh, just for the record, I asked about this very issue several days before the changeover, I find it very telling that the ptb did not deign to answer my inquiry about this issue at that time, but rather waited untill after the changeover to tell everyone "by the way, we don't care if you like the site layout options or not." And, one of the major reasons given for the changes was speed, well guess what, the forums now load slow as molasses for me, while before they were just fine. I don't think I'm bitter, I think I have some legitimate complaints, and as a member for a number of years now, who's supported this site by putting galleries here, and purchasing from the merchants I think I've bought the right to gripe if I dont like something once in a while.

"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" ~George Orwell