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 ...

The three-dash graphic that is clicked or tapped to display a menu on screen. The analogy is a list, and the metaphor is the three-layer hamburger: bottom bun, meat and top bun. See ellipsis. THIS ...

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 ...

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 ...