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One of the many “Mystery Meat” names[1] for Overflow menus.
1: https://i.redd.it/cdu0yuus1gw81.png
The history of the development of the Graphical User Interface[2] is a fascinating rabbit hole to lose yourself into. “Mystery Meat Navigation” is a term coined in 1998 by usability analyst Vincent Flanders[3] to describe user interfaces in web sites in which it isn’t obvious for users to find navigational hyperlinks or know what they contain without clicking them first. Prescient as he often was, this term became even more appropriate over the years as mobile navigation systems struggled with Progressive Disclosure - the need to present additional menu options to the user - but were restricted by space constraint.
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_interface
3: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/bad-web-design.html
An important goal of progressive disclosure in website and mobile app design is to free up valuable screen ‘real estate’ by only showing information that is relevant to the end user's current activity at any one time. Most modern websites cannot fit all their menu options into a single Action Bar without making it cluttered and/or unreadable on a small screen, and started to rely on small icons usually resembling three horizontal or vertical dots or lines[4] to show the user there was more stuff inside; coincidentally (or not?) resembling simplified graphical representations of fast-food items[5].
4: https://i.redd.it/kxv72kyug9v81.jpg
5: https://uxplanet.org/choose-correct-menu-icon-for-your-navigation-7ffc22df80ac
The term “Overflow Menu”(or “Post Overflow”) is a more formal way of referring to buttons or links that don’t explain to you what they do until you click on them to find out, and the hamburger icon may also be referred to as a “Navigation Drawer” or a “Slide Drawer” icon as pressing it often causes an additional menu to slide out of one side of the screen[6].
6: https://i.redd.it/7titwy3thwu81.jpg
Hungry after reading this misleading title? Find what you’re really looking for at r/burgers or r/hamburger, and discover the recipe that surprised the Internet[7] at the wonderful r/Old_Recipes. Finally, this popular repost sparks controversy every time it tries to prove that the perfect burger does exist[8], while the subreddit r/VintageMenus showcases old restaurant or hotel menus pre-1985.
7: https://www.thekitchn.com/reddit-surprise-hamburgers-review-23200375
8: https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/r4rxy5/hungry_the_perfect_burger_does_exist/
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