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Is anyone else totally fascinated by the UI design of slide 8 in the slideshow? http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/03/03/business/03alaska-slide-show.html?r
by joshwa 14y ago
Is anyone else totally fascinated by the UI design of slide 8 in the slideshow?
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/03/03/business/03alaska-slide-show.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all#8 http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/03/03/business/03alask...
I'm counting up the datapoints in the 150+ flights in that display, which appears to be based on a particular aircraft:
* origin/destination
* flight number
* dep/arr times
* airport status (color of airport code)
* flight status (color of bar - complete/inprogress/delayed/cancelled/?)
* still trying to figure out what the little red/green whiskers are...
- jjcm 14y agoI'm guessing the red/green lines are showing if the planes are running late/early. Red lines indicate a delay with the start of the line being the expected take off/landing, and the opposite for green lines.
- joshwa 14y agoAh, you're right: looking at the patterns of the positioning of the lines, at the beginning of a flight, red lines extend left towards the scheduled departure for a late departure, green to the right for an early one. The reverse applies for arrivals. Thanks!