# Improving the layout of the user menu tab

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-layout-of-the-user-menu-tab/132069>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [October 23, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-layout-of-the-user-menu-tab/132069 "2019-10-23T12:04:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Remah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/remah/32/70590_2.png) [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-layout-of-the-user-menu-tab/132069/12 "2019-10-25T05:03:43Z")

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New topic? This discussion looks off-topic for quick access which has been completed (and which is great) and will not be affected by the latest proposals.

I don’t get why these latest changes are needed. But I may have missed a rationale presented elsewhere for why “a bigger change is warranted for Mobile here”.

- I like having desktop and mobile menus the same. I use both and it is less strain on my brain.

- Multi column layouts are generally slower to read. Icons are handy but not so much if buttons are added or removed.

- If landing space is insufficient vertically - it is already the lateral width of the drop down menu - then why don’t we have icon buttons for all menus?

- I guess that filling the blank white space is the main goal. I’d settle for other features before the proposed large buttons:

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