Board Thread:New Features/@comment-168424-20150912153357

I didn't sign the petition, because it clearly wasn't going to be effective, but I'm creating this thread to get constructive criticism and suggested changes to it that don't involve getting rid of it entirely. FYI, despite some old posts by Wikia staff, the comments for Global Navigation Update blog are locked and you can't add more feedback.

Here's a list of what some of the obvious problems it has:
 * Doesn't match wiki themes, but really bad for dark ones.
 * Auto-pupup on mouseover of three bar thingy (and maybe other parts, but that is the worst one).
 * Too big on smaller screens and mobile devices.
 * Not customizable in any way site-wide (with some possible exceptions which is unfair of Wikia to allow).

Short term things you can do:
 * Novasis14 JS for personal use only at Dev Wikia
 * Does this work on Special:MyPage/global.js?
 * Use CSS to customize Global Nav for personal use only.
 * Examples TBA. If someone links some good examples, I'll add them here.
 * Send a message to Special:Contact/feedback with what you don't like about the Global Nav bar and maybe a link to Global Navigation Petition

What you shouldn't do:
 * Try to make site-wide changes like this.
 * Flame staff via Special:Contact or any other method.

Changes I'd like to see:
 * Make Auto-pupup on mouseover disable-able via preference or just turn it off entirely.
 * Basic, minimal color variants. Integration with Theme Designer would be ideal.
 * Advanced search options accessible from global search.
 * Maybe a preference to auto-hide after awhile.

I'll update this post with stuff from good comments. 