Desmos Math-o-Grams are back by popular demand for Valentine’s Day 2013!
For the nerdy romantics and romantic nerds out there, nothing says I love you
like the beauty and elegance of math.
Choose or edit one of our pre-made MDAs (Mathematical Displays of Affection)
or create your own, add a custom message, and send it out to that special
someone. Simple as that. It’s like a heart-shaped box of chocolates for
the brain.
2013. The first year since 1987 that’s been composed of
entirely distinct digits. The year after the year of the end of the world. And
the 1-year anniversary of the Desmos Graphing Calculator. To celebrate,
we’re releasing our most sweeping set of changes yet.
I want to focus this post on one feature in particular: Tables of Data. Over
the last year, thousands of you have requested Tables of Data, and we
understand why. Tables are a student’s first way of organizing the logic of a
function – number goes in, number comes out. They are the heart of
statistics. They are one of the three legs of the representation tripod
mandated by Common Core, along with symbolic (equations) and graphical
(um… graphs).
Because Tables of Data are such a critical component of mathematical
understanding, we wanted to make sure we got them right. We wanted them to be
as intuitive and as powerful as the rest of our system. And we wanted to
retain the general simplicity that drives our every decision, all while adding
our most complex feature yet. You’ll have to let us know how we did.
What we’re releasing today is the culmination of months of work,
testing, false starts, and breakthroughs. This launch represents over 30,000
new lines of code across over 250 files. It has changes that go all the way
back to May. It’s our biggest update yet. But all we want you to take away
from it is a new way to explore math, hopefully in a cleaner, faster, more
intuitive interface than ever before.
Do you have a question about how to use Desmos? Or an awesome idea you’d
like to see us build into the calculator? Well, today’s your lucky day!
We’ve revamped our customer service portal to make it easier than ever
to let us know what’s on your mind and how we can make our software even better.
We kept the same URL (support.desmos.com), but the real magic lies in our easy to search help topics and idea forums.
So what’s new?
Our updated Knowledge Base. We’ve created support
categories to help answer some of the most commonly asked questions, share
video tutorials, reveal keyboard shortcuts, and more. If you read an article
that is especially helpful, feel free to vote it up! You can also add comments
and exchange messages with other users within each article. And if you
can’t find the answer you’re looking for,
let us know.
An easier way to submit calculator ideas. Our drive to build
a better calculator is fueled by user feedback. When our team meets to decide
what upgrades we should work on next, our first step is taking a look at your
requests. Our new portal makes it easier to submit your ideas, vote them up,
and track their development status. And rumor is, the more votes an idea has,
the sooner it gets created ;)
We hope you’ll take advantage of this new feedback system to help us
tailor the calculator to your needs. Please explore the
new site and let
us know what you think:
@desmos or
calculator@desmos.com.
