F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Today we focused on:


Discussing the UI of various apps

Speaking exercise

I used Air BNB twice in 2017 we took a trip to CD with my friends so choose the airBNB for it’s lower price but I don’t think it was a good experience. The pictures of the house was misleading.

my friend booked a house on Air bnb in next month because we are going to visit Disney so we choose a house next to the Disney.
The house which she ordered is really pink and there are still 2 cats live in there. I love it because of the cats so I agreed this option.

I think it is good but it didn’t impress me. Actually I haven’t opened this app for a long time so I just remember it was easy to use.
Actually I think these apps they have a lot of users I think the appearance of the app is not the key point the most important thing is the user experience. Like Weibo it has a really bad function its timeline is not chronological I don’t really know what its logic. There is a lot of factors of it like your followers or if you are a VIP so you always miss some posts. But I think it is forgivable because they have to make money.

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I have used Air BNB twice in 2017 we took a trip to CD with my friends so chose airBNB for it’s lower price but I don’t think it was a good experience. The pictures of the house were misleading.

My friend booked a house on Air bnb for next month because we are going to visit the Disney theme park so we chose a house next to Disneyland.
The house which she booked is really pink and there are still 2 cats living there. I love it because of the cats so I agreed to this option. 

I think it was good/OK but it didn’t impress me. Actually I haven’t opened this app for a long time so I just remember it was easy to use.

Actually I think these apps they have a lot of users so the appearance of the app is not the key point / not crucial the most important thing is the user experience.

Like Weibo it has a really bad mechanics, the timeline is not chronological I don’t really know what is the logic / what is the formula / algorithm. There are a lot of factors like your number of followers or if you are a VIP so you always miss some posts. But I think it is forgivable because they have to make money. / be profitable / to monetize their app.

Vocabulary

Formula : 公式
I don’t like math because I can never remember formulas.

Algorithm  算法
Baidu has an algorithm to select which result should be shown first
After Instagram changed their algorithm I lost many followers.

mechanics : the way something works
I don’t like the mechanics of this app, it requires too many steps to do something

Crucial : very important / critical
It is crucial that we send them the report on time.

Characteristic : 典型的  feature
On characteristic of the Apple iPhones is that they don’t have cheap models.

Chronologically (adv): in a time order (from start to finish)
It shows posts chronologically.

Chronological (adj)
It has a chronological timeline

Entertainment park / amusement park / Theme park(Disneyland….)
Kids like to go to entertainment parks.

Accurate : 精确的
The number was not accurate so we need to redo the report.

Misleading 误导, giving the wrong impression without lying directly
The discount was misleading

To Bookmark : to save a page in your bookmarks
I bookmarked this website.

To mark : to make a mark/ to make a visual change
The manager marked information that needed to be double checked.

Pronunciation:

Decide (D side)

Decision (Dei sezion)