The Path multi menu

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There have been a lot of gushing tweets about the re-design of the Path iPhone app in the last week. It is a beautifully designed app (even though I won't ever use it, but that's another post).

The post menu is particularly nice. Opening the menu displays a number of options allowing you to choose the type of story you would like to share. As with a lot of iOS features it is hidden by default and would need people to explore the app to find it. However, the Path designer have tried to over come this by animating the menu opening during the first view of the app after registering. Doing this draws attention directly to the menu and by showing the animation it teaches viewers how to get it back when they want it.