Bob, I love the change in taking the "post new" off the individual posts. I got a friend that always used to post replies as new messages and it drove me crazy. That and when someone finally replied to me, I didn't get the benefit of hearing Meg's voice telling me I had mail.
As for the new Interface thing, that is pretty cool too. I just found the link to the color scheme at the bottom of the interface page and messed around a little. Might I suggest that people try Matt's favorite, add the raised button feature and change the color of the menu background color to #9933cc (a darker purple). Your brown color was just a bit to dull, but Matt's had too much blue.