About that new "old" background. It doesn't render well in Chrome11.
As you see, other than in IE9 or in Firefox4, the position isn't fixed.
Another problem is, that transparent stuff next to the page content has still a greenish color.
And the forum stats at the bottom of the page can't be read without highlighting, as they have a dark color, like the background image.
Any comment why the green was removed? Looked much better to me.