"We now have data that suggests Sidebar menus—sometimes called Hamburger Menus/Basements—might be causing more harm than good."
The Problems
- Lower Discoverability
- Less Efficient
- Clash with Platform Navigation Patterns
- Not Glanceable
Below are links that analyse this data further.
Kill The Hamburger Button
by Josh Constine
http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/24/before-the-hamburger-button-kills-you/
Why and How to avoid Hamburger Menus
by Luis Abreu
https://lmjabreu.com/post/why-and-how-to-avoid-hamburger-menus/
UX designers: Side drawer navigation could be costing you half your user engagement
by ANTHONY ROSE
http://thenextweb.com/dd/2014/04/08/ux-designers-side-drawer-navigation-costing-half-user-engagement/
Published by: benbrewer in UX