User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Global Navigation Update/@comment-1693968-20141203234215

Glad to see you're listening to the suggested changes. While I don't think there's much question that the goal of this new header is to make the Wikia brand stronger, making it so large and bold may cause as much damage as it causes good. I've already heard tons of complaints about the Oasis skin taking away from the content of the page, and this header is only increasing those concerns. I do understand this move from a business perspective, but I'd also advise even more caution than has been taken. You lose users and sometimes even wikis from every new update like this, so just be sure that it has more benefits than downsides.

I particularly liked the strategy with the new NavBar. It was released under Wikia Labs, and gradually became so popular that 80-90% of wikis used it. Once it got so popular, you finally went and forced all wikis to use it. I really liked that plan, but lately there's been a couple things like this where it's just immediately forced. It's true that it's much more consistent, but it also has a much greater risk of doing harm.