I see where you're coming from with all of your points, but I think I'm just going to wait for LH to return from France so I can talk to him some more and show him my updated version. He liked my older version and had some comments on it, so I'll wait to see what he says about this also.
You know, Whisper, it's great and all, but some people can't view the full background if we use that. What's why it's probably better to use a repeating background.
The screen resolution. Your background is fine, it's just when I view it, it covers more than my screen can take. So if that skin was to be added, it would scrunch the background, and I wouldn't be able to view it to it's highest quality.