Well it does make everything much more compact and smoother. The actual banner looks slightly weird on it. Just how much it contrasts. I've become rather used to the other one, so will just take some time to get re-used to a darker skin. But, the skin itself is rather nice and does an alright job at mimicking the home-page.
Perhaps having some of those light bubbles? Not sure how nice that would look, but perhaps have them in one of the banners (like the bottom of the page?). Maybe even some of the gold to match it. Just a possible option.
