All in all, it seems just fine. I haven't delved into the custom settings yet, so I am hesitant to add any "criticisms". I am glad that after so so many remarks about not being able to cycle through pics in a thread by simply clicking on the enlarged photo, Dave finally gave the reason, which is understandable. Still don't understand about the resistance to darkening the background. I do see it's been done ever so slightly, but.....
Really surprise that no one has comment on the permanent banner on every page except thread pages. Pretty ugly, IMO, and it adds absolutely nothing to the page. I would rather not see it at all, except that it is something on the page that is not white!
I am really bummed that my FF zoom add-on doesn't work on the expanded photos anymore, and I can't open a thumbnail in a new tab anymore either. Something I will bring up down the road, but pretty unimportant to other people so I'm not going to clutter the thread with something most members won't understand anyway. If anyone knows a shortcut way to do this, shorter than saving the image and then working with it, I'd love to know.