User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Global Navigation January Update/@comment-1486330-20150205011522/@comment-5558012-20150205021426

The change to light grey doesn't make sense to me. The only thing I can think of is that it might look better when they use the dark transparency. Red would probably still be better.

I suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. Even so, I like the long search bar (my css actually makes it longer).