Yeah, I totally get what you mean. I was focused on recreating the effects in original menu that this was inspired by, which was meant for mobile, so the contex

Yeah, I totally get what you mean. I was focused on recreating the effects in original menu that this was inspired by, which was meant for mobile, so the context is very different. If I was making something like this for use in a real desktop/web app, I'd certainly approach it differently.