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the hamburger menu - doesn't work anymore!

[WHAT]

1. ] It's a beautiful, elegant solution that gets it all wrong, and it's time to move on

[WHY]

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[WHERE]

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1. ] http://deep.design/the-hamburger-menu/ 

[WHEN]

1. ] 2015-08-09

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1. The idea behind the hamburger menu is that you can use it to hide site navigation on smaller screens, showing it only when the user clicks the icon instead of always showing it.
2. On the surface, it seems self-evident that if the user wants the navigation menu, they can just click on it.
3. With people starting to realize that the hamburger menu has some significant performance issues, many started testing alternatives, including other icons, the word "Menu" instead of the hamburger icon, the word "Menu" in addition to the icon, etc.
4. The word "Menu" obviously makes more sense to the average user than the three-bar hamburger icon, but it still does a terrible job of showing the user what else they could be seeing on the site.
5. To avoid using the hamburger menu when using these frameworks' menu options, you'd actually have to hack the code to remove it, or custom code a new navigation setup from scratch.
6. A repetitive-use application with trained users may be a valid scenario for using such an interface.
7.  "Power user" systems don't always need to make things intuitive for new users, and sacrifices can and should sometimes be made in order to give additional benefits-such as information density-to experienced users.

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NAME: the-hamburger-menu-doesnt-work-anymore

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