Yes, I recognize that I can click on it to see a menu.
No, I never have any idea whatsoever what items that menu will contain.
Because there realistically is no way to know.
Which is more than enough reason to hate the concept.
Another reason is that I'm being exposed to them, despite not having a smartphone. I'm being exposed to them in a desktop environment, where the screen space savings are simply irrelevant. Including in applications that target the desktop. Thank you, GNOME.
> With hamburger icons, position has a major impact on interpretation. Users generally understand the icon to mean "categories hidden here" as long as it appears in the expected spot: the top-left corner of the screen.
I think this more likely represents users learning "you can click in the top-left corner of the screen to get a menu", without necessarily even thinking about the graphic rendered there.
No, I never have any idea whatsoever what items that menu will contain.
Because there realistically is no way to know.
Which is more than enough reason to hate the concept.
Another reason is that I'm being exposed to them, despite not having a smartphone. I'm being exposed to them in a desktop environment, where the screen space savings are simply irrelevant. Including in applications that target the desktop. Thank you, GNOME.
> With hamburger icons, position has a major impact on interpretation. Users generally understand the icon to mean "categories hidden here" as long as it appears in the expected spot: the top-left corner of the screen.
I think this more likely represents users learning "you can click in the top-left corner of the screen to get a menu", without necessarily even thinking about the graphic rendered there.