The black bar looks strange on my tablet, not like I remember it from last time. The black is now about 1/7th of the bar and the remainder is orange. I seem to recall that the entire bar was black last time they did it, which I think worked much better.
Please consider making the black bar a link. When I first saw it, it wasn't clear why there's a black bar. Especially later if the post goes to the second page.
Best bit is the implementation: spacer gif in a table cell like it's 1999.
might be a sideeffect of the mobile adaption they did a few weeks ago