Inspired by Aaron's answer, I wondered if we should go even further with slimming down the title section, something like this:

![enter image description here][1]

Then have the tabs [hold their outlines](http://meta.dba.stackexchange.com/questions/336/new-design-launched/356#356) (like [SF](http://serverfault.com/questions))

  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/ssfgf.png