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You might consider that a hamburger menu indicates an abstracted graphical menu form, whereas an ellipsis is culturally specific and limited in its meaning. I
by wavefunction 11y ago
You might consider that a hamburger menu indicates an abstracted graphical menu form, whereas an ellipsis is culturally specific and limited in its meaning.
I tend to see people in the West (of which I am a native) who completely discount their cultural preconceptions when approaching accessible digital design.
- thaumasiotes 11y ago> ellipsis is culturally specific and limited in its meaning It might be less culturally specific than you think. You wouldn't believe how often Chinese people send me 。。。 in chat.
- wavefunction 11y agoAll I would say is I am more interested in reaching the many Chinese (and other people) who have no understanding of an ellipses than those that do. Those that do are already digitally literate and can suss a hamburger menu out, those that don't are facing an artificial barrier imposed by our cultural expectations. Universal glyphs versus culturally specific symbols, and glyphs should win every time imo.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoWhy do you think that Chinese who can recognize an ellipsis are digitally literate? There are no universal glyphs; they're all culturally specific.
- 13of40 11y agoI think the ... represents "some other text that's too small to read unless you peek close", which can probably appeal to any culture that has horizontal text.
- Spooky23 11y agoMaybe different glyphs should be presented to different user communities. Why show me something meaningless because native Chinese speakers don't grok it? Show me (US male) what I get and show them what they get.