Steven, please specify what theme do you use. Did you make any CSS changes (site design customization) ? Have you checked whether differences still persist if you switch to the default theme?
Steven, as far as I know in the nearest future there is no such plans. We announce our upcoming plans in our blog, please follow the link: http://blog.oxwall.org.
Also, we have public list of the features which are in development or will be developed in the upcoming releases - you can find it here: http://www.oxwall.org/roadmap.