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Re: Complaints about modern "design"

Web page designers seem to be especially stupid. In pursuit of some sort of minimalism (why?) they have replaced text menus with tiny symbols that - even if one finds them and can make them out - give little clue as to what they represent. Who came up with the stupid idea that a so-called 'ellipse' - a little stack of short lines or dots somewhere on the page - once it's discovered, is a user friendly way of indicating that there are options? And as far as design incompetence goes that's just the very tip of the iceberg ....

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The stack of three lines is called a Hamburger Menu. I understand what you mean about it.

On a related note, I know of a site owner who told their designer to put a hamburger menu in the corner and they literally put an image of a hamburger that when clicked revealed the menu.

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Wed May 26, 2021 9:05 pm
On a related note, I know of a site owner who told their designer to put a hamburger menu in the corner and they literally put an image of a hamburger that when clicked revealed the menu.
That's pretty funny but I hope they changed it :).

But what about this miniscule item on the Helpful Gardener website -
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Wed May 26, 2021 9:26 pm
But what about this miniscule item on the Helpful Gardener website -

Yeahhhhhhh... I was never happy with that. I'm going to change those icons to actual images and use something like an envelope instead of an "in-box" and I'm not sure what to use for NOTIFICATIONS.

But I know they need to change, you'll get no argument from me on that point. :D

I've been making a LOT of improvements to the forum this year. Like the home page is neater and less cluttered. I've done a lot beneath the hood as well to speed up the site.



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