Few Suggestions
                    Few things I changed to get it to match the 1.x look a bit more.
                
--- design/custom.css.orig    2010-11-08 14:47:40.000000000 -0800
+++ design/custom.css   2010-11-11 15:02:09.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /* Body & Header */
 body {
    background: #fff;
+    font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;
+    font-size:12px;
 }
 a,
 a:link,
@@ -141,7 +143,6 @@
        width:99%;
 }
 ul.DataList li.Item {
-   background: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
 }
 ul.PanelInfo div.Meta,
@@ -154,6 +155,8 @@
 ul.PanelInfo div.Meta strong,
 ul.DataList div.Meta strong {
    padding:1px 4px;
+   background:none;
+   color:#c00;
 }
 div.MessageForm a.Cancel,
 div.MessageForm a.Cancel:link,
@@ -326,6 +322,8 @@
- .Mine {
-    background: none;
- }
+.Mine { background: #eee; }
+.New { background:#fefecc !important; }
 ul.Options li ul li a {
    width:68px;
 }                1          
             
         
            