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@chartrock for the clear and detailed explanation make sense.
Yes I understand ill explain at the bottom as this question relates to both comments.
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@mikerezny and
@chartrock I understand.
To be clear I will say I don't entirely have a view on wether this was the right or wrong call this is just a play by play of what happened and why.
First I draw your attention to exhibit a:
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Only 39% of our users access our website on a desktop 61% access it via a table or phone and yes I have used this image a few posts back
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This fact is not only on our site its across the web, its true now that mobi devices have surpassed desktop users from an amount of time access perspective.
With this in mind the developers made a call that "HOVER" was not a good design position as it catered to a smaller audience and the preference of priority was given to building a robust navigation system that suits mobile.
On a mobile its all click, you click to reveal a slide out menu there is no such thing as hover on mobile devices.
So what does all this mean? Lets bring it all together, mobi users out surpass desktop user across the interwebz and the developers made a call to remove hover to reveal and decided to instead focus on what is non as an off canvas (slide out) menu as it caters to a wider user base.
Was it the right call? I'm on the fence to be honest I hadn't really noticed it up until it was mentioned although it was debated during the development as the software forum company ran an open beta program which triggered many debates. But I am hardly on the forum on a laptop only when development work is required.
Will it come back? Unfortunately not at this stage as it requires custom development but I am not personally against finding a way if its possible.
Hope this makes sense.....
