User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Introducing Updated Global Navigation/@comment-4403232-20140925044751

Can this please be an optional feature like message walls and chat? Or at least loosen up on the "please remember that any and all changes to global navigation should be confined to personal CSS/JS" rule to allow for design changes that do not impair the use and operation of the feature? In my (and several users I've talked with) opinion, the solid white of it clashes horrendously with the overall design of wikis that feature a darker theme. With the current bar at the top, you can even change its color without any coding.

I'm also not a fan of how massive the thing is, especially with the excessive horizontal and vertical spacing between items in the Notifications section. The idea itself of a more accessible bar with the ability to search of all of Wikia is a good one. Having it stick to the top of the screen is also a good idea (which could be made even better with a show/hide button like the bar on the bottom). However, I feel that tweaking the existing top bar to have these features would be much more accepted, rather than essentially forcing a much larger, solid white bar without giving the majority of the site's users a choice in the matter. For instance, you could change the top bar to appear something like this while retaining all the functionality of this new concept, without an off-putting design change that will upset a good number of users, and ruin the visual appeal (or necessitate a complete redesign) of many wikis: Edit: I've also noticed a bug with this new top bar. Links to comments (and possibly other links such as a TOC) do not compensate for this larger bar, and cut off the top of what you've attempted to link to, necessitating you to scroll upwards a few lines.