User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Global Navigation January Update/@comment-24874291-20150205000330/@comment-5108618-20150205174925

In terms of notifications, they will be taken out of the user menu again like seen on the old navigation, but this will be released in a future update in the coming weeks. The flyout menus will also be worked on to bring them in line with the new height and spacing of the nav itself. We've been hearing similar feedback about the avatars so we're making a note of it! Please let us know if anything else pops up.