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| bio | website | slippyd.com |
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| location | LI || NY, NY | |
| age | 30 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 1 month |
| seen | May 17 at 6:11 | |
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“I don't always search for UX help, but when I do, I prefer the User Experience Stack Exchange site.”
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May 17 |
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What is this side menu called that can be found in many multi-touch apps, and where does it originate from? @JoelGlovier I think there's a number of ways to look at it. There's the icon itself, which strangely is horizontal lines not vertical lines like the resize/gripper buttons of yore. Then there's the stacked nature of the menu, like a super-tall burger. And then there's the layered feel of the screen, like one is sliding off the top bun to reveal what's inside. None of these concisely say “hamburger” or “hotdog”, but with the union of these interpretations (and perhaps others), the name seems to have stuck. |
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Apr 17 |
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What is this side menu called that can be found in many multi-touch apps, and where does it originate from? @Brian: The Meat-Or-Meatlike-Product-In-A-Bun Menu |
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Apr 17 |
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What is this side menu called that can be found in many multi-touch apps, and where does it originate from? I would say that “side panel” and “side menu” refer a panel/menu on the side, not the whole concept of content sliding away with a tap or drag to reveal a side panel/menu. That is to say — IMHO — a side panel/menu is a much more established and generalized UI concept, which is used as a part of this specific combination of elements that has come into vogue recently. So that would make AppAdvice not incorrect, just unspecific. |
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Jan 18 |
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Why do we say we “browse” to a place on the Internet when we actually download a web server’s content to our browser? +1: I totally agree with the broader answers that others have given: that it's an abstraction and a metaphor of what we're perceiving. However, I would disagree that the metaphor was completely intentionally constructed; I think you're spot-on that it formed out of prior English language usage. I swear there's a broader spoken/written language concept that covers describing a receiving activity in an active participating nature, but I can't think of the term. |
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Jan 14 |
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What is this side menu called that can be found in many multi-touch apps, and where does it originate from? @JonW: I picked up on the name from a short article at The Industry (theindustry.cc/2013/01/07/13-design-trends-for-2013) by a Gannon Burgett (imagine that). Though he references good ol' Marco Arment, and Marco has used the term before (twitter.com/marcoarment/status/274003293473218561 or cl.ly/M9kD), so maybe he coined it. |
