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I wasn’t originally a fan of the hamburger menu icon (it’s not self-explanatory, you have to know what it means), but there was already precedence in Windows 1.

by layer8 2y ago

I wasn’t originally a fan of the hamburger menu icon (it’s not self-explanatory, you have to know what it means), but there was already precedence in Windows 1.0 for the so-called system menu for each application: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Windows1.0.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Windows1.0.pn... Similarly in some DOS TUIs: https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/23921 https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/23921

mrandish 2y ago
> I wasn’t originally a fan of the hamburger menu icon (it’s not self-explanatory I definitely agree. I just think that it's just been so common in GUIs for long enough to be one of the few that's probably safe to just assume will be understood. Sort of like the two vertical bars for 'pause' on a media player.
- layer8 2y ago
  I hate that it’s being used on the desktop, where there is plenty of space, resulting in a smaller hit target and often an additional click for items that would normally be top-level. Even on mobile, there would often be sufficient space to show a word like “Menu”.