User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Global Navigation Update/@comment-5108618-20141203220036/@comment-11515627-20141203220810

Really I think it's quite simple. Give the navbar color options, and make it easy to change (put it right there in the theme designer). Go with option 2 that the OP mentioned. Reduce the height, it's completely unnecessary to have it so huge. Problem solved. Everything else people will get accustomed to just like they got accustomed to Oasis.