User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Global Navigation Update/@comment-25035274-20141203202117

Clearly, I haven't used versions 2 or 3, but I've got to say outright that version 1 is woefully lacking in elegance. Distracting is not the appropriate word for it. It's incredibly bulky and drastically reduces my viewing space. I dislike it nearly to the point of being forced to throw up a photo of a cat saying, "Do. Not. WANT."

Version 1 is a big, ol' "Thumb's Down." I reserve judgement on Versions 2 and 3.

EDIT: I should also add that regardless, at the moment I'm expecting to greatly prefer the old nav-bar. It was compact, stationary, and pretty much blended perfecty with any given wiki's design.

Also, unrelated, I know "wikia" is the corporate-preferred term so as to build branding, but it's a wiki. Wiki, wiki, wiki, wiki, wiki. >:-(