>Are you saying that you find some of the effects of transparency distracting??? SACRILEGE! (Be careful how loud you say >that. "Eyecandy" is supposed to be the new "in" thing, and you might be pilloried for saying such things.)
<heavy sigh>
Sorry....... Put it down to me being a crusty old fart that's been doing this so long, designed so many mission-critical systems, and built so many user interfaces I've LONG AGO lost any love of ANYTHING that doesn't contribute to making the user's job more efficient, effective, and ergonomic.......
I'll go crawl under the desk for 1 hour in penance.......
OK, let me try this a different way:
Much as I ADORE the swooping colors and lines moving through my IE background, that obscure areas I need to see clearly and distract me from doing actual work, would there possibly (and no, I won't pay any attention to that man behind the curtain) be any way for me to get a dull, boring, candy-free background color of my choice?
Better? I'm off to sit behind the shredder under the desk.