codinghorror initiated a discussion about restructuring the hamburger menu as part of the menu redesign, presenting several initial ideas such as grouping admin/mod menu items, moving to two columns with glyphs, and replicating the topnav.
codinghorror asked for visual mockups of ideas, and downey and ky_metro shared theirs. However, JBert expressed concerns about menus in menus and the clarity of some glyphs in ky_metro’s mockup. ky_metro explained the reasoning behind the design and the use of glyphs.
jspautsch raised a question about the importance of “users” being in the top section of the menu, but codinghorror confirmed its importance as a top-level page.
While your mockup is interesting, I’m not convinced that menus in menus are a good thing. In fact, I have rarely seen one ever since Ribbon UIs or Touch screens were a thing. I’m also wondering how well it would work on mobile…
Could you also explain what those glyphs at the bottom are supposed to mean? The keyboard is somewhat logical for keyboard shortcuts and the question mark could stand for FAQ or Help, but the Phone glyph is puzzling.
That represents the Mobile View / Desktop View switcher. If it’s unclear, then it should probably be a text link instead.
My reasoning was, since the list of categories is very long and not frequently accessed, it’d be nice to make it expand as needed. This gets rid of the bulk of the menu when it’s not needed.
This was also mentioned in codinghorror’s suggestion:
There’s probably a better way to expand the categories instead of a dropdown, but this exact one is already being used and works fine on mobile.
group admin / mod menu items together (akismet, flags, site settings)
