When I bought my first WP device a few years back, one of the major reasons was the fantastically well thought through design and consistency of it. The pivot control part of Metro was a key element in this, with swipeable tabs/pages instead of dropdowns/similar. It was one of the key elements I showed to people when demoing my phone and everyone agrees it's a great feature, setting WP apart from the rest design-wise.
Now that seems to completely have changed, with hamburger menus in the top left corner seemingly being a new standard. Not only is this bad for the OS design superiority and identity of WP, it's also bad for usability. The main reason iPhones have been small screen only, is that navigation is on top. That makes it hard for most people to use one hand for navigation. Pivot control allows you to swipe left or right at any part of the screen, thus not needing to stretch up top or use both hands.
Is Microsoft really ditching pivot control guidelines for hamburger menus? Please say it isn't so.
Now that seems to completely have changed, with hamburger menus in the top left corner seemingly being a new standard. Not only is this bad for the OS design superiority and identity of WP, it's also bad for usability. The main reason iPhones have been small screen only, is that navigation is on top. That makes it hard for most people to use one hand for navigation. Pivot control allows you to swipe left or right at any part of the screen, thus not needing to stretch up top or use both hands.
Is Microsoft really ditching pivot control guidelines for hamburger menus? Please say it isn't so.