@ #36005A
Hmm, search buttons looks fine in firefox, opera and ie8 for me.
Also, I have to ask, and I don't mean this as a personal attack, but I'm merely curious: If you are not interested at all in graphic design, why did you take on the task of redesigning a website? You seem to have done a pretty great job, so I am surprised to hear you say that. Or did you just mean that "graphical masturbation" is not something you're interested in/inclined to? My apologies if I've misunderstood.
No offense taken :)
The practical side of handling graphic elements (as in heavily abstracted up to geometrical purism) just isn't my cup of tea. It's hard to put my finger on it, I always enjoyed drawing, I never enjoyed working with layout or type, or making logos and the likes. Which doesn't mean I don't admire people who can achieve a strong impression with simplicity, on the contrary. I'm just a bit jealous of them :)
As Atnas put it nicely, it actually doesn't feel the closest to home for me either, even though I made them :D.
@ fil: noted, thanks.
@ saimo: I disagree about the colors. The graphic icons will be history within due time anyway though.
@ sly: Didn't perceive the text-background combination as hard on the eyes so far. What kind of monitor do you use?