Cheer Up Alacrity (layout)
I prefer Alacrity's default layout, while at the same time finding it strangely depressing. I've made threads about it before; this time I actually bothered to make a mockup.And yes, I know Alacrity has several other layouts. I have trouble using all of them. This one is basically the same, just recolored to be brighter and much more cheerful.

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The top is as it is, just for comparison purposes. Please ignore my cynical icon staring forlornly at the banner. I moved the logo to the left to take up the strange, eye-drawing bare spot, and didn't intentionally use an unmatching font; ms sans-serif kept wanting to crash my photoshop.
I am definitely not saying USE THIS LAYOUT, I'm just trying to throw out ideas for something much less dreary looking. It also looks much better at real size, but imageshack is being hateful and I have nowhere else to host.