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Back in 2004, Edward Tufte defined and developed the concept of a “sparkline”. Odds are good that — if you’re reading this — you’re familiar with them and how p
by starwed 15y ago
Back in 2004, Edward Tufte defined and developed the concept of a “sparkline”. Odds are good that — if you’re reading this — you’re familiar with them and how popular they’ve become.
Really? I've definitely read about sparklines, but I've never seen one used naturally, as it were.
- cshesse 15y agoMe neither, does anyone have evidence of how popular they've become?
- johncoltrane 15y agoNo links at hand but I've seen many sparklines in financial websites articles next to GOOG or AAPL.
- joelanman 15y agoThey're used extensively in Google Analytics and WebTrends http://www.semiologic.com/software/google-analytics/ http://www.semiologic.com/software/google-analytics/ (Google analytics product pages seem to be down for me) http://www.webtrends.com/Products/Analytics/ http://www.webtrends.com/Products/Analytics/
- loumf 15y agoThey are built into Excel -- you can show them in a single cell.