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Re:The Obvious UI Is Often the Best UI by elliekelly on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:09PM (#21206066)
I've been struggling with this, too. I was particularly frustrated by it last night and knew I needed to change the hamburger menu but hadn't really decided how so I put a grey placeholder button that said "START" a la Windows 95. Super ugly so I wouldn't forget to fix it. Except I totally forgot to fix it and pushed it to production. First comment I got this morning was how great it was.

I'm hoping I can find a better solution because I really hate it but at least it's "obvious" now.

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Re:The Obvious UI Is Often the Best UI by brlewis on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:41PM (#21208455)
I'm hoping a toolbar along the bottom does not work for your app, because I think the Start menu thing is brilliant. Your users have trouble with the hamburger menu that's common in newer UIs, so give them an older UI!
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Re:The Obvious UI Is Often the Best UI by elliekelly on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @06:35PM (#21208912)
Well I waited all day for someone to tell me how awful it is and... I’m still waiting. So as much as I hate it, the BUB (big ugly button) does indeed live on!
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