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I strongly disagree with this, and use the word MENU every chance I get. Because always bet on text: http://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html http://graydon2.
by elliotec 11y ago
I strongly disagree with this, and use the word MENU every chance I get. Because always bet on text: http://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html http://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html
And also, I've seen A/B tests show that users prefer MENU text.
- SimeVidas 11y agoPretty much. I’m all for the hamburger icon becoming more recognizable (it doesn’t hurt), but the text “MENU” will always be the better alternative :)
- Aleman360 11y agoEver worked on globalized software before? Try entering "undo" on Google Translate and see what it looks like in Dutch.
- elliotec 11y agoI have, and still prefer text. More users figure it out. Sometimes the text will be long and you have to design around it, but I'm pretty sure MENU in Dutch is still MENU.
- Gorbzel 11y agoGENIUS! :-) At work we're ramping up a build on a huge mobile app, and we have a menu (though more accurately, the master of a split for those familiar with iOS UIKit). We've been debating how to represent the navigation item that a user will tap. Of course, we all started discussing glyphs immediately and quickly found ourselves in the weeds. Enough times on previous rodeos led me to ask if we could think of what text to put in the label. Team floated ideas, no one loved anything. Now, at 1:30 a.m. on Saturday night. MENU!!!!