# 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") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 72
### 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 24, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-header-dropdown-notification-menu-styles/369574/72 "2025-06-24T23:58:16Z")
I am generally good with it, but there is something about that light grey text that still bugs me. I still prefer it in black. Can we try that? leave icon grey but keep text in black on read notifications? Except for that I prefer this styling to our original. Still think it is worth exploring some more radical options, but as an iteration it feels good. Also @lindsey a big change we should think about is making the avatars show up by default, we are not doing that and so many default installs get this less than optimal default experience: ![This is a screenshot of the Discord desktop app displaying a greeting message from "discobot" and an offer of assistance from "gpt-4.1," alongside various Discord interface elements. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/4/c/04c0c9d604207c6c94a85d2c065342810eafe087.png) The changes @jordan.vidrine made here are refinements vs re-imagining, which is nice - Selecting feels a bit nicer - Distinct icon styling for read vs unread feels nicer - The blue links in notifications are an outlier, it is nice to have this in black. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-header-dropdown-notification-menu-styles/369574)._