# 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: ![lindsey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lindsey/32/318210_2.png) [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-header-dropdown-notification-menu-styles/369574/74 "2025-06-25T17:22:10Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> Also @lindsey a big change we should think about is making the avatars show up by default

Huh didn’t we try this at some point recently? I thought we’d given that a go and decided not to proceed for some reason. But I very much like the idea, the notification menu is much more interesting and informative with the avatars.

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