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Opening a service, eg Watson, will open a dedicated side menu - exactly like Google does. Additionally, IBM adds an aesthetic theme switch.
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Responsive behavior
On the dashboard, once expanded, the side panel menu remains visible (as it should since it was opened explicitly by the user).
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Within a service: similar but different pattern for smaller screens : IBM keeps the larger menu visible until the screen becomes too small and then collapses it and keeps it accessible through:
hamburger menu
black side bar with arrow icon (at bottom of bar)
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Microsoft Azure
Here is the MSFT Azure dashboard. Getting to it proved difficult, after encountering a bug with SSO/SAML and the platform’s incessant forwarding to Office.com But ok.
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When selecting a service, the submenu is hidden on the left. But once opened, it will remain open.
Within a service, when going to a small screen size, the menu stays and takes over the complete screen. Interesting choice.
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