I like the "hide excerpts" feature, it lets me fit more questions on the screen.

But when I pick a *single* tag from my favorites (my usual navigation pattern), the interface takes more screen estate than before, thus pushing the first question *down* the screen.

So here's my [tag:feature-request]: please let me *hide* tag excerpts. I *know* what [tag:c#] is by now, no need to remind me every day that it's a *multi-paradigm programming language...* :-)  
Another option would be to hide tag excerpts from tags which are in the favorite list.

To be fair, it's not the tag excerpt box per se which takes more space than before, but now there are additional UI elements that push the whole thing downwards, and there's too much empty space on the top of the page:

[![empty space][1]][1]
 
Also, the excerpt is on a light gray background, which *emphasizes* it. Overall, it feels *much* more prominent than before. I'd prefer the first question be higher up on the page - *this* is the important part after all.

> **EDIT:** [OldCurmudgeon](http://meta.stackexchange.com/users/172902/oldcurmudgeon)'s suggestion:  
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> [![My 2p'worth][3]][3]

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Just noticed the following (new vs old):

[![tab titles][2]][2]

How to reproduce:

 - Click on a tag
 - Title says *"New 'tag' questions - Stack Overflow"*
 - Click on the *"new"* tab
 - Title now says *"Stack Overflow"*


  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/3mHly.png
  [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/kJDuQ.png
  [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/xpVJi.jpg