14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 for phones appears to be betting more than ever on the hamburger-style menu, and users don't necessarily fancy this change, especially because many believe that Microsoft follows the same steps as Android and makes its platform look too much like rivals.
The hamburger menu is being used in Windows Phone in several new apps, including File Explorer, Calculator, and the Photos app, so this could be an indication that Microsoft isn't yet considering dropping the new style for its mobile platform.
Users, on the other hand, want the three-dot menu to live on, and if the hamburger-style icon really needs to be part of Windows 10 for phones, it has to be implemented in a different way.
A reddit post has more information on this, pointing to the Facebook app that Microsoft itself designed as living proof that the hamburger and the pivot menu can get along very well.
Not necessarily a bad thing to borrow Android's design
Basically, the Facebook app that's available on Windows Phone, and which Microsoft developed for its users, has both a hamburger and a pivot menu, each of which plays different roles.
“The title bar contains the title of the current page, and has single-hand friendly (sorry lefties) buttons; the sub-menu uses pivot for easy, gesture-based navigation (great for single-handed use); and the actions bar contains the most commonly utilized actions. It's hard to understand why Microsoft are completely ignoring this pre-existing solution for Windows 10 on phones,” the original poster of the message explains, confirming that going just for the hamburger isn't the best choice.
Microsoft first implemented the hamburger-style menu in the Windows Phone OneDrive app, and since then, the company has often been criticized for looking in Android's yard for new ideas in order to improve its mobile programs.
Feedback from users, however, is much more important for the development of Windows 10, so expect the company to improve its products accordingly before the final version of the new operating system comes out.