A Neat Definition of UX: Compress Information to Its Local Minimum Before It Becomes Lossy
wavefnx · x · 2026-10-20
Quoting a post calling UX "the hardest shit," wavefnx offers a crisp definition: good UX is like being laconic — compressing information to its local minima before it becomes lossy. The attached hand-drawn mountain route map, dense with annotations, doubles as an example of well-compressed information design.
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