User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Global Navigation January Update/@comment-25035274-20150211135430

Liking the transparency. It's nice to get rid of that blinding white. It's a shame it's not always transparent(as it looks quite nice like that, honestly), but one can't always get what one wants.

I actually rather like the way the Wikia branding remains prominent even with the transparency, too. Which is odd, as I'm not really a fan of branding in general on user-generated content. But with the contrast between it and the black transparency, it actually comes out looking surprisingly snazzy. Jazzy. Razz-a-ma-tazzy.