Why did Facebook remove their hamburger navigation and go back to docked tabs in their mobile app?
24th October 2013
My answer to Why did Facebook remove their hamburger navigation and go back to docked tabs in their mobile app? on Quora
Probably because the swipe-to-see-menu gesture conflicts with the iOS 7 standard swipe-to-go-back gesture.
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