# New header dropdown / notification menu styles

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-header-dropdown-notification-menu-styles/369574
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** feedback, design-experiment
**Created:** [June 10, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-header-dropdown-notification-menu-styles/369574 "2025-06-10T16:49:41Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-header-dropdown-notification-menu-styles/369574/61 "2025-06-17T23:45:39Z")

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Overall I think we are making lots of progress here, the right hand side is working, but I am finding the contrast on read stuff very hard to read and see of grey is a bit sad.

 ![The image shows a Slack app listing, with the top elements indicating 'Daily Summary (9pm UTC)' with 4 replies and 'Discourse Docker Manager' with 2 replies, and user comments below about laborational custom user field showing no error hint when.. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/5/1/c51a6700cc4dce07dad8f0faa4791917f36ca28a.png)

Compare to this interactive artifact (clickable, try it out)

I kind of like the last option the most, cause it is clear and uncluttered, but the first 2 feel fine as well.

Thoughts? (also what’s up with Nathan … what an avatar 🙂 )

(also the reduced border radius feels a tiny bit better)

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