August 2018
Beginner
414 pages
3h 16m
English
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Chapter #23. Don't Hide Items Away in a "Hamburger" Menu
Few UI patterns can be as controversial as the hamburger menu. Over the past five years it's become the de facto way of offering a menu on small displays, typically as a website scales into mobile or tablet width using responsive design:
The dreaded hamburger
Research shows ("Hamburger Menus and Hidden Navigation Hurt UX Metrics" NNG, (https://www.nngroup.com/articles/hamburger-menus/) 2016) that hamburger menus:
- Slow down discovery time for users
- Increase perceived task difficulty
- Slow down time to complete a task
Simply put, the hamburger menu hides items away from users and makes them less discoverable. ...