No offence but the way you present it it seems to me only the eye focus issue is a genuine concern. All the others sound like simply your opinion. In any case,

No offence but the way you present it it seems to me only the eye focus issue is a genuine concern. All the others sound like simply your opinion. In any case, looking at it from a problem solving pov (and assuming this is a web app), why don't you use custom css to your liking?