I prefer the fade logo, but that's simply artistic, no biggie. One thing so far on iPad, and not sure if what could have made a difference but, when I used to open a picture I had a heck of a time on the ipad getting back to the thread. I would have to scroll to black background and tap several times before i could get out of the photo. I just tried it an I tapped, very lightly and got back to the thread immediately. Sometimes I hesitated opening pictures up full size for this reason. So I'm very happy about that!