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Website in.mobile.reuters

I stumbled upon this great browsing experience on reuters mobile site. It uses hovering menu, when clicked opens up a number of other tools such as search, share, font, etc. I was wondering what it is called or is it built by Reuters for their own website or it is available from a third party.

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  • Reminds me most of the Windows 8 charm bar, though I know it's not unique. Not sure if "charm bar" is accepted as a universal term though – Ben Brocka Jun 5 '14 at 18:05
  • If you are looking to implement such a feature, and trying to figure out what to search further on, that would not be something we can generally help you with. If you are wondering from a UX point of view - why does it matter what it is called, as long as it is the right tool for the right job. – Evil Closet Monkey Jun 6 '14 at 0:07
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    @EvilClosetMonkey If you want to refer to something, it's significantly easier if there is a commonly used name for it than to have to describe it every time. – JohnGB♦ Jun 6 '14 at 0:15
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    @JohnGB, I'm not going to disagree with it being nice to know the name. It isn't a UX issue though. – Evil Closet Monkey Jun 6 '14 at 3:47
  • I actually have never seen something like this for mobile website so was wondering if I missed out on something. Also, having a commonly known term for such type of tool would be beneficial for having dialogues. As slaterjohn pointed out an example called flyout menu, I think we use that – MaxTwang Jun 6 '14 at 20:31
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I'd imagine their solution is a custom built solution but it doesn't look dissimilar to Path's Flyout menu.

A good Javascript example for this can be found on Codepen here.

Path call it a Flyout menu and they were the first people i saw using this on their iOS app so if it's not the official name it should be.

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