Hi Denis,
>What bugs me the most so far is that the messages are too small. Is there a way to change that?
This does not compute. I can see where there might be a complaint about the nav links in the upper left frame. But, I believe those are kept tiny to maximize the working area. I might suggest Arial Narrow for the nav links but it is certainly an improvement from the former.
I vote a big thumbs up for the whole effort.
Jim Finger