Final cut x - Customize interfaced / turn off magnetic timeline

Hi.
2 vital questions about FCPX:
1. Can you turn off the magnetic timeline?
2. Can you change the hideous gray-letters-on-black-background interface and make it black letters on a light gray or white background?
I've searched (including the manual with no index) and can't find these answers.  Thanks in advance for your help.
In case you're wondering why these questions are vital to me:
I use FCP 7 and I make movies.  Narrative pieces.  Not youtube videos.  So the magnetic timeline is like trying to work while someone snaps a rubber band on your face.  I'm sure it's useful when you're editing "Mikey Bit My Finger," or "David After the Dentist," or some sports event, but it's the opposite of useful for narrative work.
And the ridiculous white-on-black interface...? Seriously?  There's a reason books aren't printed that way.  I'm not staring at that hideous black screen all day.  No way.  That's a deal breaker.
Anyway, I'm going to have to switch editing systems in a year or so once FCP 7 no longer is installable on new machines, so I figure I better find out these 2 vital questions.  Otherwise, it's off to Adobe Premiere or (shudder) Avid 
Thanks for your answers.

Yep, click the icon for the clip you want to move, hold down the P key and place it anywhere. It would be nicer if I could just turn the magnetic function off in the timeline. Much nicer... Because that clip I just moved will return  toward the beginning of the timeline the moment I move something upstream via trimming it. PLEASE allow us to turn it off. It's silly not to have that option.
On the background color, Premier is the same way, as is everything Adobe now. I have the Creative Cloud and use Audition for a bit of fast audio sweetening because FCPX, isn't as good at it. Premier also handles the MTS files that clients bring in from their DSLRs... FCPX doesn't handle those natively. Why? (And lets not get into a discussion of "wrappers", please. Just do it.) Also silly and disfunctional. Apple is supposed to be all about "functional" but the interoperability with common files types like MTS leaves much to be desired. I'm an Apple evangelist since 1983, and this program, after using FCP since inception, feels more like a downgrade. Fast? Yeah, but that's not the bigggest priority in creating. Flexible? Talks with Premier or Avid? Shares and plays well with others? That's what we need: Openness and options. Keep working on it. Thanks.

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