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It's in the queue. :) The Crowd Favorite site is in the process of being redesigned, and there'll be changes to the Forty site coming shortly after that.

(These changes aren't just because of the hamburger menu, obviously. Digital stuff moves pretty fast in general, and companies keep evolving.)

Ah, so this was a preemptive, "We don't use the hamburger 'cause it is not cool anymore", blog post. ;)

Actually, more like a "We don't use the hamburger because there's now ample statistical evidence that it doesn't work" blog post. :)

There is a mea culpa in the article about this.

I think it's the new world case of 'I sold you solution X, now it's time for solution Y'.

I'm waiting for 'flat' design to be passé, myself.

I find a lot of web design to be choosing the least bad among a bunch of bad options. I find 'flat' designs to be the least bad in most situations.

Except for the fact that your average person can't tell the difference between a label and a button...