User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Introducing Updated Global Navigation/@comment-4772526-20140924231206

Just going to copy over the response I left on Avatar Wiki regarding this:


 * Things I like
 * the fact that the banner stays at the top of the page is certainly useful, particularly when you have new notifications or want to search for something quickly.
 * I think the Wikia categories section looks a lot nicer, and is definitely easier to navigate
 * on my iPad, it doesn't feel too big, and resizes quite nicely in the change between landscape and portrait


 * Things I don't like (some of which may be part of only being in beta, and which assume no changes through Javascript etc.)
 * the overall look of the banner feels a bit out of place in the theme of the wiki. The previous banner styled differently to match the colour scheme of whichever wiki it was on, and thus integrated into the page overall much better. This one feels a bit out of place
 * as has been said a few times, it feels a little large. I think maybe two thirds the height as it stands would be better
 * this is kind of a personal thing, and probably not something that Wikia intends to change, as I know they have tried to push this to be used Wikia-wide, but most users (or at least, from what I have seen) refer to a single wiki as a wiki, not as a wikia. Thus, to me, the terms "Search this wikia" and "Start a wikia" should be "Search this wiki" and "Start a wiki". But, like I said, Wikia are trying to encourage users to use the term wikia, not wiki, so it is unlikely this will be changed
 * the "Search all of Wikia" function, I feel like it could do more in actually searching for the page requested than just listing some relevant wikis. Maybe an additional list could be added under each search term containing articles related to the term searched for. To give an example, if I search for Harvey Specter, the first suggestion is Suits Wiki, which is where I want to go, but to actually get to the Harvey Specter page, I have to click on this, then find the page on that wiki. I feel it would be more useful if under the Suits Wiki suggestion, it had some search suggestions for Harvey Specter within this wiki, thus saving me the time of having to go through that wiki to find the page I want.

Overall, I think it could be beneficial with some tweaks, but I'm not sold on the change. The scrolling aspect is nice, but all it saves is one click in navigating to the top of the page. Similarly, when I have new notifications, I get a notice anyway to click on, so again it only saves a minimal amount of time. The overall look is definitely something I would like to see changed, particularly in integrating it more closely with the theme of the wiki itself.

tl;dr - some parts good, look could be nicer and better integrated, overall not sold