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The web version is very far from perfect on an iPhone. It keeps logging me out, the copying UX is subpar… And god forbid I lock my phone while I'm getting a co

by yreg 3y ago

The web version is very far from perfect on an iPhone. It keeps logging me out, the copying UX is subpar… And god forbid I lock my phone while I'm getting a completion back. It stops mid sentence and there is no way to continue with it. Which (locking one's phone for a bit while interacting with it) is a very valid use case if you are doing stuff with your hands and want to put the phone in your pocket for a bit. I'm looking forward to the app.

mynameisvlad 3y ago
“Perfectly fine” does not mean perfect, it means it’s usable. And it’s not like the parent commenter doesn’t agree that an app is useful.
- yreg 3y ago
  'Perfectly fine' definitely doesn't mean 'usable' in my dictionary. But I see that perhaps the parent didn't mean to say that the web version can do everything the app does, so I have edited my comment to be less confrontational. Thanks.
  - NikolaNovak 3y ago
    Right. OP here, FWIW, in my colloquial English (right or wrong:) "Perfect" is, well, perfect; does everything I want and cannot be meaningfully improved. "Perfectly Fine" on the other hand, the key word is "fine". It is "eh. It mostly does the job. I cannot begrudge it too much. I have bigger things to rant about. It's perfectly fine." "Fine" is like "Nice". It's fine. It's nice. Note quite "Good", let alone "Amazing". But it's fine. Perfectly so :) (I empathize with all of your pain points, particularly the stopping of generation if my screen locks. I have employer-mandated iPhone which has draconian locking policies which are pretty close to average time of query generation. I wonder if app will have the same issue?)
    - yreg 3y ago
      So 'fine' is better than 'perfectly fine'? (I’m not a native speaker.)
      - scarface74 3y ago
        Perfectly fine means good enough
      - bigfudge 3y ago
        No, but perfect is much better than perfectly fine.
    - mynameisvlad 3y ago
      Yep, this is also my interpretation of the phrase. I best equated it to "usable" since I agree it's "not quite good".

by yreg 3y ago

mynameisvlad 3y ago

“Perfectly fine” does not mean perfect, it means it’s usable. And it’s not like the parent commenter doesn’t agree that an app is useful.

yreg 3y ago
'Perfectly fine' definitely doesn't mean 'usable' in my dictionary. But I see that perhaps the parent didn't mean to say that the web version can do everything the app does, so I have edited my comment to be less confrontational. Thanks.
- NikolaNovak 3y ago
  Right. OP here, FWIW, in my colloquial English (right or wrong:) "Perfect" is, well, perfect; does everything I want and cannot be meaningfully improved. "Perfectly Fine" on the other hand, the key word is "fine". It is "eh. It mostly does the job. I cannot begrudge it too much. I have bigger things to rant about. It's perfectly fine." "Fine" is like "Nice". It's fine. It's nice. Note quite "Good", let alone "Amazing". But it's fine. Perfectly so :) (I empathize with all of your pain points, particularly the stopping of generation if my screen locks. I have employer-mandated iPhone which has draconian locking policies which are pretty close to average time of query generation. I wonder if app will have the same issue?)
  - yreg 3y ago
    So 'fine' is better than 'perfectly fine'? (I’m not a native speaker.)
    - scarface74 3y ago
      Perfectly fine means good enough
    - bigfudge 3y ago
      No, but perfect is much better than perfectly fine.
  - mynameisvlad 3y ago
    Yep, this is also my interpretation of the phrase. I best equated it to "usable" since I agree it's "not quite good".