Mobile nav UX
The current bottom nav and hamburger menu are at opposite ends of the screen which results in a disjoined user experience.
To access the bottom nav I have to first click on the hamburger menu, this opens both the side menu and the bottom nav at the same time - which is cognitive overload.
When I click on one of the Thread channels the bottom nav disappears, but I half expect it to be persistent.
I think a persistent bottom nav would be a better solution. We could then get rid of the hamburger icon.
The Home icon is a little confusing because Home is not yet "in the community", I still need to do another step before I can engage with community activity. A view of all the channels is the start of a users journey on the mobile app, but I'm not sure Home is the right label for it.
The Home icon also conflicts with the purpose of the hamburger.
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Kelvin Lockwood
Jan 13, 2024
Here's some articles on bottom navigation…
https://medium.com/@uxpeak.com/top-ui-ux-design-tips-how-to-design-a-great-bottom-mobile-navigation-bar-part-6-97acd8b28453
https://arounda.agency/blog/bottom-navigation-for-mobile-ux-design
https://flowbite.com/docs/components/bottom-navigation/
Kelvin Lockwood
Jan 13, 2024
The LinkedIn mobile app has top and bottom nav that is in-view when you open the app and when you scroll up, but when you scroll down your feed it slides away. YouTube mobile app has a persistent bottom nav and the top nav slides away. This could be a good pattern for Heartbeat.