[adamckay]

> As it stands it's not actually communicating anything meaningful.

A ribbon [1] or armband [2] is a really common and subtle way of symbolising mourning, I'm quite surprised people aren't more aware of this practise.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_ribbon

2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_armband

[deprecative]

I meant no disrespect to the sentiment. I don't think a black border at the top of a webpage is clear enough communication. Perhaps if there were some additional graphic indication of what it is? As it stands it's a black bar that makes the page look broken. If someone had a ribbon or band on their person or an image of one I would likely have grasped the significance after a moment's thought.