User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Global Navigation Update/@comment-5645428-20141204123535/@comment-5645428-20141205055208

Translucency, in my opinion, is what's overrated and now painfully overused as part of this whole "modern design" overthrow of sophistication that once utilised texture and realism. Wikia disappointingly hopped on that bandwagon, which is why the header bar looks as awful as it does right now.

The blue was a random colour that at least tends to be quite versatile, but I would still support the Theme Designer having the ability to change the colour of the header bar like it used to. Personally, I did quite like the style of the old header bar. Truly, all it needed was that search bar.