Back during the winter when UR was meeting with groups regarding the new web templates, one of the issues that came up was the header size. Based on this feedback, we went back and tried to shorten the U header. We were successful in that we were able to shrink the header down further. In addition to shrinking it down, we compared our headers to other sites to see where we landed and we actually have a smaller header than most of the sites we compared.

Now, whenever someone mentions that they have a new website, I take a quick look to see how they did the design of their site. Some are good and some are bad, but I think I found the worst yet. Check out http://www.weberjohnsonpa.com/home.html, the header is about 620 pixels high, and all the content is below the fold. This makes the U header seem small in comparison. Whether you think the U header is just fine or too tall, I think this site gets the gold for header height.