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> With both Mac and now Windows supporting these mobile-forced-to-desktop apps, I worry a bit about the poor UIs in our future. The operating systems aren't th
by f6v 5y ago
> With both Mac and now Windows supporting these mobile-forced-to-desktop apps, I worry a bit about the poor UIs in our future.
The operating systems aren't the only ones to blame here. Haven't you seen desktop sites using hamburger menu? That abomination came to life thanks to mobile web.
- topicseed 5y agoThanks to the paradigm "write once, publish everywhere". As a publisher who recently redesigned one of our websites, using the hamburger menu across devices and screen sizes was strongly considered. It is very annoying on larger screens but these represent such a small traffic share that it is what it is... We still did not go ahead with that, but it was close...
- judge2020 5y agoDid you have/do market research or A/B testing on this? If the minority of your userbase are on desktop, maybe those users came from your mobile app and would be more familiar with the hamburger menu than a custom navbar.
- topicseed 5y agoWe didn't do research on this, I mostly decided to keep the regular menu on desktops because I also dislike hamburgers there (due to the extra click). But because the website is mobile-first in its CSS, we can very easily —some day— test this with Optimize for example.
- noizejoy 5y agoJust another case of the interests of customers (users) and suppliers (developers) not always aligning. It’s not that different with physical tools. Just ask a left handed guitar player about limited choices and/or awkward usability.