User blog comment:Sannse/Sneak Peek at the New Look - Themes/@comment-872086-20100915221201

Every time I look at this new skin, the actual *content* area seems to have shrunk even more. In an encyclopedic wiki (such as ours), people come for information, not a pretty background.

Not that I've anything against making a wiki more attractive visually. However, when you do this at the expense of content, you undermine the very point of the wiki. People come to us to find out things about the show and its fandom: the changes you show here aren't going to improve *that* at all.

What I would really like the customizing options to allow is a way to distinguish the sidebar/topbar from the content area. I notice that *none* of your samples do this. I've got to say that, right now, it's hard to tell them apart visually; and, if *I'm* finding this confusing, I'm sure our users will.

The trouble is, you seem to be focusing on sizzle instead of steak.