FORM MEETS DYSFUNCTION

The first “hamburger menu” was invented at a diner. Which explains why navigation sometimes tastes like regret.

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The hamburger menu icon, three stacked lines, was designed by Norm Cox for the Xerox Star interface in 1981. It was not invented at a diner, though its resemblance to a burger gave it the name.

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