User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Global Navigation Update/@comment-6277303-20141203235850

Just found this 'giant white search bar' on my way to discover about those strange snowmen creatures i fought. And i rolled down to read some comments... too tiring for all.

But i understood instantly that the most part isn't happy for this 'experiment'. I know wikia is doing some search to improve the engine, and hope they'll follow community opinions before doing anything. A community is people-based, and a wrong decision could made a full site being deserted in a snap. Now, i'd like to add my personal opinion to the mix.

As i saw it, i suddendly thought it was strange. Maybe a pop-up? And tried to refresh the page and zoom out. Seen i wasn't logged, so i thought "they changed the layer theme, ok". But this giant, whitey thing isn't gone after the login. Ok, discovered what is this. In the wait to see the other 2 version, i can only say "this is definitively a NO". If the page was all white, and the searchbar was a thin line, i'd say "ok", but this isn't the case. On darker themes, i'd like to see something not-invasive\aggressive. When something is done to attrack attention, isn't always a good thing to exagerate. Hope in a good evolution. And we'll have something to judge in the near future.

ps: if Chris and wikia staff wants to keep this giant white flag, at least convert it in a sidebar, as you see sometimes in forums. a sidebar you can open to do searches and so on, and roll out to hide all again. No eyesights ruined and a practical way to do tasks...

Bye