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I agree about the point/comment ratio. The Y-meter is useful, though, at a glance when I'm looking at 25 stories on a big screen. So... just put the points insi
by bernardom 12y ago
I agree about the point/comment ratio. The Y-meter is useful, though, at a glance when I'm looking at 25 stories on a big screen. So... just put the points inside the Y-meter!
- alttab 12y agoWhy represent the data twice? That's not minimalism. Besides, if you were the OP on an article, you couldn't tell the addition of even say, 5 points without the number itself, making the Y-meter useless. Plus, all data outside 0-400 is completely lost. Something with 401 votes looks exactly the same as 2000 votes.
- nilkn 12y agoMaybe minimalism isn't the real goal. The data might be represented twice, but functionally the representations are not redundant. The number provides maximum granularity, but the Y meter facilitates instantaneous comparisons of many stories simultaneously.
- Lerc 12y agoI'm not sold on the design overall but there is nothing in principle wrong with representing data in both a imprecise and precise form. A lot of user interfaces do this. Some have three layers. [#######---] 73% 9441/12890
- brk 12y ago" Plus, all data outside 0-400 is completely lost. Something with 401 votes looks exactly the same as 2000 votes. " I'm not sure that's a bad thing.