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What is with that bar graph? Who thought 'I'm sure our readers can't comprehend the difference between '181' and '7', so we'd better put it on a graph'?
by batiudrami 16y ago
What is with that bar graph? Who thought 'I'm sure our readers can't comprehend the difference between '181' and '7', so we'd better put it on a graph'?
- Stormbringer 16y agoA little thing we like to call 'visual impact'. Frankly I'm just amazed whenever I see a graph online where somebody hasn't diddled the y axis, or a 3d pie graph with massive chin that 'accidentally' makes the lower slices look much more massive than the top slices.
- pak 16y agoAh yes, not even the Steve himself can resist the ole pie chart chin trick. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/jan/21/liesdamnliesandstevejobs http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/jan/21/liesda... Maybe he'd blame that on the default styling of pie charts in Keynote (tsk!), but it'd take some extraordinary reality distortion to believe the Apple slice landed at the bottom by accident.
- Tycho 16y agoit's actually not a bad strategy for the 'tl;dr' cravers - a graphic near the bottom that expresses the main point of the piece
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