We are witnessing how the screens of Android mobile devices increase their diagonal to reach figures that exceed 6 inches. These large screen sizes provide a number of advantages, but decreases accessibility when we intend to use only one hand . In an attempt to improve this accessibility, the hamburger menu (so called because it consists of three horizontal lines) is replaced by a lower navigation menu .
The hamburger menu has the disadvantage that it is usually located at the top of the screen, which makes it impossible to access it with just one hand. The new fashion is the bottom navigation menu, which if properly implemented in the application, provides numerous improvements over its predecessor.
Until now the screen sizes were quite contained and it was relatively easy to reach with a finger to the top of the screen, using only one hand. We all remember when the recommendations appeared to design interfaces with "material design" and thus unify designs. Now it's time for the hamburger menu.
As usual, implementing the new lower navigation menu is not trivial and you have to plan it correctly . Let's see some of its advantages :
If you want to see this new lower menu in operation, the Wikipedia or Google Play Kiosoko application has already updated its interface.
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