Hello, I'm new to the site and didn't know how the buttons to the right of my username, on the top right of the page, operated. As I hovered over them to check their URLs, nothing displayed on the bottom left of chrome like it usually shows for links. So I thought maybe they were Javascript bound buttons.

But then I clicked and to my surprise they're dropdowns.

I know this is quite nitpicky, but good design will keep the user focused on the site's content, and not on figuring it out.

It would make a 'sweet jesus get out of my way I just want to click that thing' problem.

It could be set up so it displays after 300ms or so after being hovered over.

I also like it more as a dropdown, I tend to find on-hover navigation somewhat annoying.

Optimally, I want to have a navigation that's always visible (just like it is now) and have dropdown options that are immediately obvious (and not those stupid mobile-ish menu symbols that consist of three horizontal lines on top of each other).

Remember - A new layout is in development. It's better to hold off judgements/feedback until that's implemented.

Nah, it's worth giving feedback to it, even if there's a new one in development. That way, those working on it can see what is popular and what isn't and adjust accordingly.

Is the new layout previewed somewhere? Open source?

Just follow Pac's Twitter, he sends pictures sometimes