What is the 9 dot icon?

What is the 9 dot icon?

Microsoft calls this the “nav bar.” The icon at the far left (nine dots) is the app launcher, where you can access the various parts of Office 365, including Outlook mail, calendar, people, OneDrive, Office Online apps, and more.

What is the menu with 9 dots called?

The Microsoft tech who I spoke with yesterday referred to that box with the nine dots as the “waffle iron” in case that helps! It’s like the collection of horizontal lines we often see on websites and elsewhere being called the hamburger.

Where are the 9 dots called in Google?

In the upper righthand corner, you will see a little square pattern of NINE dots, which is typically beside your child’s profile picture or a circle with their first initial. Click on the NINE-dot square.

How do I get rid of Google Apps in 9 dots?

You can open the launcher by clicking the grid of nine little dots in the top-right corner of most Google pages. When you do, you’ll see the default set of “apps” displayed by the launcher, including Google+, Search, Drive, YouTube, Maps, and Gmail. Click an icon, and off you go.

Should we use the 3×3 9-dots icon as an apps?

But there are other ways of conveying the same message. Some uses 4×4 16-dots icon, and others 4-dots which looks like an extension of the 3-dots more menu. Question is if the 3×3 9-dots apps menu icon is the one to use, as it looks like the bigger players uses this icon as their metaphor for switching between applications.

Why do I have 3 dots on my menu?

navigation drawers provide access to destinations and app functionality, such as switching accounts. The 3 dots icon is named as overflow menu. Google gives as explanation for that: (material.io): App actions are placed on the right side of an app, either as icons or in an overflow menu.

What does the 3×3 9-dots icon mean on OneDrive?

Microsoft also uses this one to let their users navigate between applications OneDrive, Word Online, Sway and other Microsoft Apps. But there are other ways of conveying the same message. Some uses 4×4 16-dots icon, and others 4-dots which looks like an extension of the 3-dots more menu.

What do apps use the 3×3 navigation icon?

Here we are looking at the navigation between applications. Google uses this one to let users navigate between the applications Google Maps, Google Play, Google Drive and many other Google Applications. Microsoft also uses this one to let their users navigate between applications OneDrive, Word Online, Sway and other Microsoft Apps.