Like the piece linked to hints at, the most popular alternative at the
moment is to use a fixed tab bar for important navigation elements. We do
this for some navigation on the Wikipedia iOS app, just like Facebook,
Twitter, Quora, and many others at the moment.
Interestingly, Slack and a few other popular apps also do what the
Wikipedia app does, which is to forgo the hamburger for the main global nav
menu icon, and use your brand's logo instead. Weird, but my guess would be
that it works since people are used to tapping icons like this as a Home
function. I am not sure there's anything stopping us from following the iOS
pattern we already use on mobile web, where the dreaded hamburger still
reigns supreme?
Post by Jon RobsonThis has come up numerous times on the mailing list and is well known.
Here are 3 from a google search but I remember many more [1,2,3]
The problem we have that others do not is internationalisation.
Evidence shows just labelling it menu does wonders but this doesn't
necessarily work in other languages.
I think there's lots of kudos to be had here if a designer wants to tackle
this problem.
So maybe the real question is: is the reason this hasn't been tackled
because it's a hard problem or we have more important things to do or
something else?
[1]
[2]http://osdir.lowified.com/general/2013-11/msg26826.html
[3]
http://mobile-l.wikimedia.narkive.com/NUkNZ4Xr/wikimediamobile-usability-of-the-hamburger-icon
Post by Ori Livneh+1
Post by Ori LivnehThe Hamburger Menu Doesn't Work
It's a beautiful, elegant solution that gets it all wrong, and it's time
to move on
http://deep.design/the-hamburger-menu/
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