Steven what do you think about a separate color for track count in track browser? I think it would look much better if it was a little dimmer, that way the information is still there when you look at it directly, but kind of fades away when you're not.
(For skins that do not specify the color maybe it could be inherited from "Content[TrackDetail].Body.Disabled")
I'm doing something similar with status bar text, and while it works for the file count etc., it's not so great for the notifications like ripping, converting, auto-shutdown etc. So maybe you could consider adding a new element like "Panel.StatusBar.Notification" or something like that.