Excellent!
Good tip there, Craig! The first thing I did was similar - in the compact transport bar, unlike in the full sized one, there's no visual indicator on the record button as to which record mode you're in; all of the button graphics are the same. I've changed those to match their full sized counterparts.
It would be a huge amount of work to completely write a theme from scratch, but just having the ability to go in and tweak controls is a killer way to improve your workflow.