I suggest there be more default skins and I know we are in an early stage here but instead of planning for vB 5* LOL! You guys should really get some more skins going here. Keep this one* some actually like it but offer more.
Detach the header and make it float about 2 to 5 pixels from the top. Do a darker gradient background and definitely make it cross-browser compatible.
IE 8 should be the starting point because if it looks good and reders correctly in IE8 then it will render correctly everywhere else. Additionally* IE will be the predominant browser no matter how much you dislike it.
So I guess show off the new teplating engine by showing us what it can do. I'd put that as a bigger priority than trying to plan for vB 5.
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