I remeber seeing either apk's or probably zip files for invisible notification screens, but since I'm on the Nexus S, I haven't kept up.
And I don't believe those launchers go that deep, I have used them up until ICS and they really just change icons and some screens, such as phone.
My bar on my Nexus is dark, only one notification is too dark to read, the others are in white font.
Changing the font color would work, but like you said, probably needs rooted. I had this phone rooted, went back to stock for 2.3.7, and cannot get the dang thing done again.
Tried everything, including keyboard fix, but all that did was not long you pickup a call or hear the caller - yes, that is wierd. Probably need to try again, but my family (its my husband's phone) seem to go on the defensive when I start hacking their phones and then they sometimes do strange things - not work when they need them - can you imagine that???
