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Good thing Ryan knew his audience: great UX is something I really care about. So I gave it a try and he wasn't exaggerating. The UX really is that much better t

Good thing Ryan knew his audience: great UX is something I really care about. So I gave it a try and he wasn't exaggerating. The UX really is that much better than any other platform I had tried.

austinhutch 13y ago
I think dojomouse is referring to the idea of "exponential" being something quantifiably provable and it being used in this instance without anything actually being "exponential".
- dojomouse 13y ago
  Exactly! And someone who says "Exponentially better" rather than "much better" is the kind of person who might have a button marked "proactively validate" rather than "confirm". At the same time, it's hard to get enthusiasm across in emails. I'm no poet. I just get put off when I'm reading a pitch and mentally trip on some out of place phrase.
  - rdelk 13y ago
    Sorry, I was using the term exponentially to mean "a huge increase" in the same way people tend to abuse the term "literally" when they really mean "figuratively." Our math PhD on our data science team just gave me a thorough scolding. You'd like him. www.gumroad.com/jobs
  - dojomouse 13y ago
    nbd, I wouldn't have written it if I'd have known it'd dominate the comments section like this. I probably would like him, and I would probably like Gumroad too if I used it - it looks well conceived and executed. Don't let me grinch your day. And if grinch is actually a poorly defined term that's slipped into common usage and I'm applying here incorrectly... irony.
- reinhardt 13y ago
  Forget provable - better/worse UX is not even quantifiable, it's a qualitative (often subjective) statement.
dojomouse 13y ago
It's not about whether UX is important or not - and I agree it is. It's about what 'exponentially better' means. Which is to say, nothing technical, and hence something buzzwordy without a solid foundation. It doesn't detract from the product I'm sure. But he could just as easily have said 'vastly superior', and so doing not made me go 'Danger, danger, casual disregard for meaning ahead'. Especially since disregard for meaning is a bad thing in UI design.
- mrjatx 13y ago
  Out of all the things to focus on in the article it's that?
- dojomouse 13y ago
  Nope. There are lots of much more interesting things in the article. That's just the one that jumped out at me as I read the first paragraph. And it's already got more screen space than it probably deserves. Onwards to other topics!
  - InformalRelief 13y ago
    Much more interesting? Mathematically more interesting!

Good thing Ryan knew his audience: great UX is something I really care about. So I gave it a try and he wasn't exaggerating. The UX really is that much better than any other platform I had tried.

austinhutch 13y ago

I think dojomouse is referring to the idea of "exponential" being something quantifiably provable and it being used in this instance without anything actually being "exponential".

dojomouse 13y ago
Exactly! And someone who says "Exponentially better" rather than "much better" is the kind of person who might have a button marked "proactively validate" rather than "confirm". At the same time, it's hard to get enthusiasm across in emails. I'm no poet. I just get put off when I'm reading a pitch and mentally trip on some out of place phrase.
- rdelk 13y ago
  Sorry, I was using the term exponentially to mean "a huge increase" in the same way people tend to abuse the term "literally" when they really mean "figuratively." Our math PhD on our data science team just gave me a thorough scolding. You'd like him. www.gumroad.com/jobs
- dojomouse 13y ago
  nbd, I wouldn't have written it if I'd have known it'd dominate the comments section like this. I probably would like him, and I would probably like Gumroad too if I used it - it looks well conceived and executed. Don't let me grinch your day. And if grinch is actually a poorly defined term that's slipped into common usage and I'm applying here incorrectly... irony.
reinhardt 13y ago
Forget provable - better/worse UX is not even quantifiable, it's a qualitative (often subjective) statement.

dojomouse 13y ago

It's not about whether UX is important or not - and I agree it is. It's about what 'exponentially better' means. Which is to say, nothing technical, and hence something buzzwordy without a solid foundation. It doesn't detract from the product I'm sure. But he could just as easily have said 'vastly superior', and so doing not made me go 'Danger, danger, casual disregard for meaning ahead'. Especially since disregard for meaning is a bad thing in UI design.

mrjatx 13y ago
Out of all the things to focus on in the article it's that?
dojomouse 13y ago
Nope. There are lots of much more interesting things in the article. That's just the one that jumped out at me as I read the first paragraph. And it's already got more screen space than it probably deserves. Onwards to other topics!
- InformalRelief 13y ago
  Much more interesting? Mathematically more interesting!