Color and UI questions

(1) Why is the color in the Observation section white (in the pull-downs) but light green in the Overlay pull-downs? (and again white in the Feature/Events)?

(2) In overlays, shouldn't the descriptors (Opacity, Observatory, Descriptor) be bold faced to match the decriptors in the Obsevation box above?

(3) Why is there no tool-tip on the feature event marker (on the menu)?

(4) Timestep baloon looks a bit odd: is this my Ubuntu/Firefox causing the text to be nudged down within the baloon?

(5) The Recent Updates section takes a lot of valuable real estate. From a development perspective it may be useful (if it was kept really up to date). From a user perspective it does not have any interesting (or up to date information). Shoudn't this be removed altogether and perhaps get a link at the bottom of the page instead? This is just an idea eventhough I understand it may change the layout and "viewport's" geometry in ways that may not be desirable or planned.