On: The core problem with hamburger menus

[edmundsauto]

First, I actually like hamburgers! Probably prefer them to steak, to be honest - especially when cost is factored in.

The problem, as I see it: people went from nice useful computer screens to these tiny phones, with very narrow horizontal space. If you show up to a restaurant and can't eat steak, the smarter restauranteurs are going to adjust.

Some sites are able to figure it out, but lets not blame the proprietors for giving the people what they want: a horizontally tiny viewport for nav. If you use that space for nav, you don't use it for actual content - I'm sure people in this forum hate that as well.

[fuzzfactor → edmundsauto]

Good comment, I also think there may now be more consumers using tiny touch phones who never had useful computer screens to begin with.

Something about the lowest common denominator, whether that can be considered real progress or not.