How these "menus" should be called?

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The discussion revolves around finding suitable names for various menus in the user interface. Canapin seeks clarification on the names of menus, such as the one that appears when clicking on the avatar, which shows notifications and a profile button. They are unsure whether to call it the “notifications menu” or something else. Canapin is also confused about the name of the menu that appears after clicking the profile button, suggesting “user profile” but noting that this term might refer to a different page, such as the User profile. Moin provides a link to a related topic that discusses the names of user interface elements in Discourse, specifically the notifications/avatar menu.

For example, the hamburger menu is named… The hamburger menu, because of the icon. If we ignore the icon, what is this menu called? I looked at the HTML code, but there are not so many clues.
Well, for this one, “hamburger menu” will do, so let’s not spend time on this one. :smile:
(but if it’s on the left, it will not only be the “hamburger menu” but also the “sidebar” I guess…)

What about the menu when we click our avatar?

It shows notifications by default, so it could be called a “notifications menu”, but it also contains a button (he last one) that leads to another menu (profile).

When we click this icon, we have this:

How is this menu called? User profile?

But “user profile” would rather be the… User profile?

I’m a bit lost. There are a lot of menus and I while notifying my community of the new changes in these menus, I noticed that I didn’t know what to call them. :sweat_smile:

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