Board Thread:New Features/@comment-126761-20161201193306/@comment-1790471-20161220124546

While I find the current navbar sufficient for personal use (might just be because I designed the navbar on the wiki I'm on most), I do have to agree that perhaps it wouldn't be as easy or wouldn't serve as an aid for browsing for users not accustomed to the setup of a wiki's navbar and can make things complicated. For example, sometimes, I would be looking for something I feel should be easily accessible or found in the navbar (like policies, or links to series pages, or character list) but wouldn't find it on some wikis, so I suppose that presents certain challenges.

I also do think that maybe the navbar is overdue for an update, but I still don't mind the current one. I do sometimes still feel like I need more space for more content links (even with the extensions). I also hope this means the mobile version/app will now have a proper navbar similar to the one on PC.

Feedback on the concept:
 * I think I'll like the continuity, with no distinct borders or different background color for the navbar.
 * Like some above, I do not like the wordmark placement. It just looks wrong to me, probably because of the size of the wordmark and the unnaturally big space beside it on both sides makes it bothersome for me. This also ruins the effect of wordmarks with transparent backgrounds. Perhaps the placing would be better if the logo/wordmark was more like a banner. Keeping the wordmark on the left side of the top of the screen might be better, or completely redesigning the wordmark, or the look of the top border (removing the small colored part that's different from the rest and extending the top to reach the same height as the wordmark, letting it blend into the background)—the last option doesn't eliminate my issue with the big spaces though.
 * As stated above, I'd hoped that this redesign would eliminate the existing limits to the navigation lists, but it seems that it doesn't.
 * Perhaps decreasing the navigational item height (which I feel makes the whole thing way too bulky, even for tablet use) would allow for more items?
 * In line with the bullet above though, I do quite like the distinction between the "Read" and "Create" options and think this could help make the limit feel less like a limit, because, at least in my case, our wiki has 3 series-related headings and now we'd have an extra. I'd like those even more if the Create options will be customizable, allowing us to include the items under the current navbar's "On the Wiki". My 5th parent heading is currently Community-centered content, so I was hoping for a dedicated heading for that with subheadings (or at least the ability to create one).
 * For the Discuss heading, can this link to Forum when on desktop and Discussions when on the mobile version/app? Or perhaps make Discuss unclickable, then have a drop-down to link to available modes of discussion (Forum, Discussions, Blogs, Chat).

Would it be weird if the local navbar (with the test concept's design) was just attached to the global nav, maybe with the wordmark, or a banner (something like those CSS navbar backgrounds on some wikis), or simply a different color between the two as the separator?