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by maw 972 days ago
What are Trader and VC UI? I searched for them and once I got specific enough I got this comment as the first result.
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paddy_m 972 days ago
It's a term I made up for myself. I should write an article about it.

Look at this screenshot of a Bloomberg terminal

https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/trBFMDD8xeZkhLiLscngql3FV_...

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DwnVoteHoneyPot 972 days ago
It would have been clearer if you put "Trader UI" and "VC UI" in quotes.
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kccqzy 972 days ago
You can just go download some trading software like thinkorswim or IBKR TWS to see what's trader UI. VC UI probably means some UI in a VC-funded company whose goal is to reach high number of users as quickly as possible, and the UI is optimized for that goal.
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paddy_m 972 days ago
Exactly.

A more charitable way of putting it is, you can make a pretty presentation when you know the data that you are trying to present and the story you are trying to tell. I can't imagine a 3 column pricing table that wasn't done in bootstrap (Venture Capital UI)

Traders look at screens searching for meaning across a bunch of different data. They are trying to construct a story and as much context as possible is important.

The problem comes when VC UI is applied to a Trader problem where you want to see as much information as possible to understand, but there is padding, rounded corners and other stuff forcing you to scroll.

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