[dimitrieh]

Hi, I am from the GitLab UX team. You may be happy to hear that since and even before the implementation you described we have been busy on a real upgrade for navigation across the whole of GitLab.

Rest assured, that we are hard at work at this (see for more information https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/32794). Even better, if I am correct, there will be a new navigation concept (first alpha iteration) released in 9.4! This will be hidden in a feature flag, which will be accessible from your personal settings.

In the coming months (and thus releases, every 22nd!) we will continue to improve upon this concept, to eventually enable it by default for everyone to enjoy.

We know that the shortcomings of the hamburger icon are suboptimal, but also know that reverting is not always the correct choice. With the new navigation concept we focus on getting a clear distinction between global and contextual navigation. We did proper UX testing to be able to clear out multiple bumps in the road/implementation and are pretty stoked about finally getting it in!

Again check for more information this issue https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/32794. The scope of revising navigation is pretty far reaching and has been on the minds of almost everyone on gitlab!

Note that colors, functionality and any specifics can change throughout the process of implementing over the coming months :)