<story><title>The core problem with hamburger menus</title><url>https://bt.ht/hamburgers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cleansingfire</author><text>Assuming the bottom is even accesible! I believe it&amp;#x27;s somewhere in the Amazon ios app where I see a promise of a useful footer that is always pushed off the page by infinitely scrolling things they&amp;#x27;re pushing at me instead.</text></item><item><author>dinkleberg</author><text>Using a footer as a replacement for a nav bar is ridiculous. Which requires more interaction? Clicking a button to see available actions or scrolling all the way to the bottom of the page (and making the bold assumption that you happen to know that the menu is at the bottom)?&lt;p&gt;If you’ve got sufficient space at the top of your page to show your nav items, especially for larger window sizes, just show them instead of hiding them away behind a menu. But if you have limited space, like on mobile, a hamburger menu is a fine solution.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>boosteri</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s their mobile layout in general. In their view they must have improved UX immensely since no mobile person has needed help&amp;#x2F;support since introduction of infinite scrolling</text></comment>
<story><title>The core problem with hamburger menus</title><url>https://bt.ht/hamburgers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cleansingfire</author><text>Assuming the bottom is even accesible! I believe it&amp;#x27;s somewhere in the Amazon ios app where I see a promise of a useful footer that is always pushed off the page by infinitely scrolling things they&amp;#x27;re pushing at me instead.</text></item><item><author>dinkleberg</author><text>Using a footer as a replacement for a nav bar is ridiculous. Which requires more interaction? Clicking a button to see available actions or scrolling all the way to the bottom of the page (and making the bold assumption that you happen to know that the menu is at the bottom)?&lt;p&gt;If you’ve got sufficient space at the top of your page to show your nav items, especially for larger window sizes, just show them instead of hiding them away behind a menu. But if you have limited space, like on mobile, a hamburger menu is a fine solution.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>joshspankit</author><text>I literally showed that to someone the other day as an example of nonsense ways to build UIs.</text></comment>