The hamburger icon is a classic. Even if you don't know it by that name, its three black bars are as familiar as your mouse's cursor—a constant companion. Skip to content Gizmodo.

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.

The truth about Facebook and the hamburger icon. Critics of the hamburger also like to cite Facebook’s 2013 decision to drop the hamburger icon in favor of a bottom tab bar as vindication. Reality: ...