Hamburger Icon, the illogical and unnecessary name

Stolen from the BBC
Stolen from the BBC





Here's why it concerns me:



Here's why it makes no damn sense:





Here's what we should do instead:





So if it's so trivial why the fuck do I care?




One thought on “Hamburger Icon, the illogical and unnecessary name”

  1. Yep, this has wound me up for a while also. Personally name them by function, which we already do in many cases. A start,run or go button is generally associated with triangle to the right. Do we call it the triangle button no we don't. And in this case we might as well call it the the pac man button, as the 'hamburger' button doesn't look a thing like a hamburger.

    I might be willing to go with the 'stack' button or the 'sandwich' button. But with everyone always banging on about naming convention and universal standards all icons should be referred to either their function or shape. I'm into function and would call it the 'expand' icon or 'navigation' icon.

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