I have a new suggestion.
By default a textured black background with a white fade color looks like this:

I'd like to make it look like this instead:

What I'm asking for is an option to decide where the fade effect starts and ends.
I'd also like to be able to change the fade color's alpha, so you can make it transparent even in 16 bit color, like this:

And an option to mirror the textured background, like this: