>>>>Even though I kinda like the new approach,
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>>>>Perhaps if the Padding around all of frames (div) was reduced from 20px to, say, 5px. This would provide more available area for the contents. Also, default the base font from 13 to 11.
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>>>I'd like to see a larger default font, not smaller. This new appearance makes all the text too small.
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>>>Tamar
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>>Ok. I did see somewhere that we can set the font size.
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>The washboard icon on top right of the frame in which this message is read. I've set mine to 14 now, but it respected the previous 13. The nice thing is that now this is not a (html simulated) pageframe but just equally functional different page in the same frame, you scroll down, click save and you're back at where you were. The other two things in the same line are unnecessary, IMO: the label saying "Message" - as if anything else ever appears in that shape in that space. and the close box - if you close it, what would you get? Blank space? So one line with three things (two of which are useless) also occupies some vertical space. And of course it has some margins and padding of its own.

Thanks for the pointing this out. I also agree with your observation about the three items on that line. Personally I think you are right that the term "Message" could be dropped, and the close button is unnecessary. The Options dialog could be incorperated into the Settings->General Settings or User Profile settings.