The hamburger button has become a common symbol on our smartphones, tablets and computers. But, Chris Stokel-Walker asks, what is it, where did it come from, and do people really know what it means?

Insiders call it "the hamburger": Three stacked lines, usually in the top left- or right-hand corner of a website, which people can click to see a menu of pages on the site. Once considered an ...

The three-line 'hamburger' menu icon receives a lot of vitriol. It is variously described as “controversial”, “notorious” etc. but it is rapidly becoming the de facto symbol to open a navigational ...

In the Internet Archaeology rubric, we discuss some very familiar Internet standards that we often don't even notice. This time we would like to draw your attention to the menu icon. Have you ever ...

A commerce activation exclusively with Kroger offers deals to those who reimagine what is often dubbed the “hamburger menu” as “The Oreo Menu.” Just in time for Google’s deprecation of the cookie, ...

For decades, the dropdown “hamburger menu” has provided developers with a way to make websites easier to navigate. The three horizontal bars allowing users to scroll to different sections of a site is ...

Spotify is one of the more popular music streaming apps, but it’s not necessarily the most beautifully designed (that was long-lost Rdio, unfortunately). Navigating through the various sections of its ...

That little three-lined button is the devil. Whether you call it a side menu, navigation drawer, or a hamburger, hiding your features off-screen behind a nondescript icon in the corner is usually a ...

Every internet user has encountered it before – the ‘hamburger menu’ – the three-bar navigation icon on mobile and desktop websites. It’s clean, it’s simple and it has been a staple of the world wide ...

A new hamburger-style menu icon has been added to the Google Phone app. Google could be testing a new layout for the app. The menu only has two options: Contacts and Voicemail. Google appears to be ...