OK so I suck at designing things and I figured I might be able to get some other people's opinions on the visual elements in my app here
Please dont just post comments like "I dont like it" or whatever, I'm looking for constructive criticism.

Also bear in mind that the app is no where near finished (and I know people will say forget about the visual parts until its finished but I would like to try and keep the visual elements up to scratch AS I develop the code, not just leave it all until the end).
I would like to keep a similar colour theme going throughout my app but the main problem is finding a colour that actually looks ok! I always thought a light blue colour could never really look that bad but according to some people (DeanMC you know I'm referring to you!) it doesnt look great in my app

So yeah, here's a few different layouts/colours, just tell me which you like best (if any) and if you have any suggestions on how it could be improved then feel free to post them

Original





Dark Blue + Smaller Windows







(also note that the panels slide forward when the mouse moves over them, so there needs to be that extra space at the bottom of the dashboard form)
Like so:


Any suggestions/comments?