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

[Claudius Ellsel]

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

--- Comment #4 from Claudius Ellsel <claudius.ellsel at live.de> ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> What other platforms do is not relevant. We follow our own set of UI
> guidelines, not theirs.

It somewhat is relevant: https://lawsofux.com/jakobs-law.

Regardless: I think the HIG seem to only cover the hamburger menu in the sense
of a sliding menu, most commonly known for mobile applications.

> I agree that we can improve consistency in our own apps. Personally I'm not
> really super happy about either hamburger or overflow menus. They are
> icons-only which presents an inherent usability problem of the icon chosen
> is not universally recognizable, but the icons (three bars or dots) are
> meaningless.

I don't have an extremely strong opinion about those overflow menus.

I'd argue, though that the icons are not meaningless. Especially when the same
icon (three bars) is sometimes used for an overflow menu and sometimes for
sliding side menus.

That really caused confusion for me for more than one time (not on KDE,
though).

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