thePITman;439175 wrote:I think the picture UA5straightin2008 posted would be great. However, you'd need to resize it to approximate 50% the width and 25% the height. So I'd say crop the part you want and then resize. One of the cardinal rules of web design is (or used to be) not to make the user scroll unless absolutely necessary. So whatever header it is, make sure it fits within the size of the page, and doesn't make the page adapt to it.
Forums are going to require scrolling no matter what. I do think the current header is a little too tall, but there's no reason to shrink it drastically to reduce the amount of scrolling. It's currently about 200px and I'll probably shrink it down to 150px. Those 50px really don't make a difference on a site like this when it's impossible to keep the most important info above the fold.
