It's been close to 6 hours that I've been playing with the defaults offered with Pharo 3. Everything works so much more smoothly than Squeak! It also feels great. What's kind of problematic (as I see it) is the "look". There are 3 themes that I got with the default image; Pharo 3, Vistary and Watery. Look good, but somehow give off the feel of having more style than substance. I remember using something called Java Swing long back. It too had a plethora of themes, but the one that was the most detailed, and well designed (as in how well it worked), was something called "Java Steel". Please see the images at; http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/figures/uiswing/lookandfeel/OceanLAF.... https://today.java.net/images/2004/02/laf_fig2.gif If there could be some way to have that look and feel, while adhering to the Java LaF Guidelines for the same, we might have a Pharo system which would be not only neater looking, but also lighter weight (by virtue of fewer extravagant graphical properties). Hope this suggestion isn't preposterous. :) ~Mayuresh