> I'd just prefer MorphOS not to offer just that one option of "simplified design",
> as I quite like the [...] look and feel of 3.9 so if that 'look' can be retained after
> the update to 3.10 then I'd be happier

I see no reason to believe that the skins that have been offered up to and including MorphOS 3.9 will be missing in MorphOS 3.10. Or was any of them created by tokai?