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I'm with TeMPOraL on this. Every kid learns graphing with the horizontal axis increasing to the right. Only the tech folks play with other styles very much.
by dhimes 10y ago
I'm with TeMPOraL on this. Every kid learns graphing with the horizontal axis increasing to the right. Only the tech folks play with other styles very much.
Because this is backwards, I'm trying to figure out what I'm missing. Am I supposed to be thinking backwards in time? I get confused on what I'm trying to get out of it, decide I don't understand what you're talking about, and move on. Just my $0.02.
The less people have to relearn the easier it is to get them on board, all else being equal.
- stevehaz 10y agoI'll have to do some A-B testing. The key here is that I've integrated this particular type of graph as part of a larger interactive visualization or UI. Within that larger system, the graph is generated in real-time in direct response to your input about your own behavior. I put up an interactive demo here: https://benome.ca/Intro/ https://benome.ca/Intro/ So in the intended context, graph's meaning is more clear than it appears at first glance. But in any case, it's easy enough to switch a graph's direction.
- dhimes 10y agoSo it scrolls by like an ECG chart? Which way do you read those?
- stevehaz 10y agoI can't speak to ECG's, but rather like an animated time series except in the reverse direction. As you say, the norm is right to left, highest priority (now) on the far right, like this: https://square.github.io/cubism/ https://square.github.io/cubism/ It must be an acquired taste, or contextually dependent, because even though I do plenty of metrics visualization which is right-to-left, left-to-right for a high-level view of behavior feels fine to me.