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I assumed that hamburger description was after-the-fact, not the original designation. It always felt that way to me.
by SirFatty 1y ago
I assumed that hamburger description was after-the-fact, not the original designation. It always felt that way to me.
- JohnFen 1y agoI think the graphic itself was intended to represent a menu: a list of items.
- Izkata 1y agoIt was, it's a simplified version of the original that included the border around the lines, similar to one of the examples in the article (imagine a physical restaurant menu). Along the same lines, the three lines have since been further simplified into three dots in a lot of places - no longer looking hamburger-like.
- ambrose2 1y ago> three dots The kebab
- loloquwowndueo 1y agoIt’s just difficult to describe, so instead of “click on the three horizontal lines thing” it’s easier to say “hit the hamburger” and the name stuck. I guess if they were going to just have an abstract meaningless icon they should have picked something easier to describe over the phone, for example.