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People read from left to right so it makes sense that the latest information would be on the left side for a time series table that keeps on growing.
by miguelmota 7y ago
People read from left to right so it makes sense that the latest information would be on the left side for a time series table that keeps on growing.
- daRealDodo 7y ago...what?
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoPeople (in this language) read from left to right, so they're used to what is on the left coming before what is on the right. If you have a time series that keeps growing, trim or scale it to the display size, or change the sample rate, or give some UI options to let them vary those parameters. Don't ask people to invert their expectation of "before" and "after". Those are too fundamental.
- miguelmota 7y agoI agree that the presentation using a horizontal scrolling table is not the best. Maybe a vertical scrolling table with the x and y switched would of made more sense.