blog
Out of context: Reply #69408
- Started
- Last post
- 75,586 Responses
- Nairn0
Thoughts on hamburger menu icons... on desktop?
.
I'm thinking working on a small 'sub-site' for my [shitty] business, focusing on a strand of work I do. I want to make a simple, punchy - almost brutalist - site, text-led with supporting images (hold on, aren't they all?) and am wondering about having a hamburger three-line menu in the top that opens out to display a load of pages.
Main index will have a tranche of text with underlined elements all leading to the sections under the hamburger, so users can discover the hamburger'd sections without having to make that cognitive leap.
But because of the overall forced simplicity, I don't want an overwhelming nav bar.
Ordinarily I'm fairly against absolutely hamburger menus on desktop, but here I'm wanting to develop a useful narrative-led exploration. Hamburger would essentially become a quick list of hot links.
Product is fairly singular in nature, but there's ground to cover in the hows and wherefores.
My thanks to you for any input you may have.
x
- 'thinking working'? ffs that's a good start.
I need to edit better!Nairn - nnngh.. 'fairly absolutely against'
Je suis un spastic.Nairn - try to think about what people need are are looking for, put it where they want it, don't hide stuff in a hamburger.shapesalad
- it's easier to scroll down a page, and click a menu option above a footer if you've got options that are not oft used.shapesalad
- I hate them and I get agitated when people suggest them for consumer sites we're building.mg33
- That's my intent - the hamburger is a 'backup' absolute link menu. The 'narrative' of the front and subsequent pages should encourage link exploration.Nairn
- +1 footer. That's an additional navigation layer duplication I hadn't yet considered. I'm still at the sketching phase.Nairn
- @mg33. I hate them too. I guess an alternate question would be "what do you think about sites that don't have a specific navigation strata?". ie. narrative-ledNairn
- I guess I'm thinking a 'one page site, but with additional pages'. Or something.Nairn
- No bloody clue but I like your use of ‘tranche’MrT
- If it's for a small site where the users are likely to be familiar with the interface then yeah all good. E.g designer portfolio / eshop etcmicrokorg
- But not for something like a bank or business website where people need to get to info fast and not search for navigation.microkorg
- check neilson - they say it affects conversion and engagementtrooperbill
- Not 100% relevant to burger icon but still worth a read -https://mattwilcox...set
- https://mattwilcox.n…set
- Great article, set. I shared it with my team. And I hate hamburger menus. They're only good for hiding areas of the site most people would never visit.monospaced
- Not against hamb-menu myself and think it cleans thing up visually, for the right sitch. Yet so many blast it as that "Extra" unnecessary click...DarkCover
- 'thinking working'? ffs that's a good start.