Google tells Android developers to do away with the menu button...again - Mobile Burn

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[**Google tells **Android** developers to do away with the menu button...again**][3]
**Mobile Burn**
If the disappearance of the menu button on **Android** 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich hardware wasn't enough of a hint for developers, Google has now flatly said that it suggests that developers stop using the menu button functionality in their apps.
[Google Tells **Android** Developers to Stop Using the Menu Button][4]eWeek
[Google Kills **Android** Menu Button, Replaces It with Action Bar][5]PC Magazine
[Google Wants to Clean Up **Android** UI, Removes Menu Button for Better User **...**][6]Gotta Be Mobile
[Pocket-lint.com][2] -[Gizmodo Australia][7] -[The Verge][8]
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[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGsxpodR7IV8-S3iIBJsYVwGBfRIg&url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Google-Tells-Android-Developers-to-Stop-Using-the-Menu-Button-658540/
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[7]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEiZMntugQt1iBtvhVDXgpQE0tKMw&url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/01/android-says-goodbye-to-physical-buttons-hello-to-confusing-overflow-scheme/
[8]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG27eODt-HmGdqK5qrgCUqimOcWjQ&url=http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/26/2744956/google-reminds-android-developers-that-the-menu-button-is-going-away
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