[dolphin] [Bug 429174] Inconsistent usage of hamburger menu icon

[Claudius Ellsel]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429174

--- Comment #2 from Claudius Ellsel <claudius.ellsel at live.de> ---
I don't really agree. The three dot icon is often used in apps (Android) like
the hamburger icon is used for Dolphin. Microsoft uses three vertical dots for
that on Windows (in its store at least).

Regarding the hamburger icon: That has two different use cases currently. One
for expanding lists on the side (as seen on Windows, KDE HIG, Android (Play
Store for example). The other one is for menus. Examples are Dolphin, GNOME
files (https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Files) and Firefox.

This usage leads to confusion for the users (at least for me). Also I think the
reason why the hamburger icon is designed that way is because it indicates that
one can expand a side panel. So to my current understanding the usage of
hamburger icons for menus is misleading in this sense.

After having a short research, you are probably somewhat right:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger_button. It was originally designed for
menus and is often used for menus.

Also some interesting resource on how Android seems to use it:
https://material.io/components/app-bars-top#anatomy.

And
https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/115468/what-the-difference-between-the-2-menu-icons-3-dots-kebab-and-3-lines-hambur.

I argue currently there is not much consistency, maybe we can at least improve
the situation on KDE.

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