alt Hacker NewsFWIW if you listen to Signals and Threads (the Jane Street podcast) they talk about this.
They have dedicated UX designers who do relatively little code but focus entirely on making the UX as optimal for the traders as possible and one of them was on an episode.
They talked about how most of the normal UX rules for SW go out the window because quants and traders have such different needs than "normal software".
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jackcarter • yesterday at 1:44 PM
Is there any professional software that wouldn't benefit from high information density? Most software design is optimized for the non-users who have to approve it.
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This matters. Beyond performance (a universal good), the definition of "good" UX is strictly dependent on the user. Fintech platforms for traders who open a multi-window thick client application(s) and spend hours in it every day have little in common with consumer mobile apps designed to hold your attention for maybe a minute. It's mind-bogglingly lazy to choose something like MUI (Material UI) as if it were some kind of reasonable foundation irrespective of context.