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I found the hamburger menu very surprising the first time I encountered it. It's identical in appearance to the drag handle symbol. The drag handle even has an
by slavik81 6y ago
I found the hamburger menu very surprising the first time I encountered it. It's identical in appearance to the drag handle symbol.
The drag handle even has an obvious physical interpretation: the lines are ridges. It's a textured surface designed to be pressed upon and pushed or pulled.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoOn which OS/DE?
- slavik81 6y agoIt was used in iOS and Android applications [1]. That was where I found it most confusing. Website headers would look exactly like those dragable items. Windows previously used similar texturing in a few places, including for scrollbars in Windows XP through to Windows 7 [2]. I think it was also used in other contexts, but I can't find a screenshot. [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/s9fSU.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/s9fSU.jpg [2]: https://cdn.evilmartians.com/front/posts/scroll-to-the-future-modern-javascript-css-scrolling-implementations/windows_scrollbars-8d49827.png https://cdn.evilmartians.com/front/posts/scroll-to-the-futur...