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Looks very pretty, but doesn't seem to offer hover states or actions / tooltips. I think this is a dealbreaker for a lot of users who wish to add contextual inf

by SEJeff 12y ago

Looks very pretty, but doesn't seem to offer hover states or actions / tooltips. I think this is a dealbreaker for a lot of users who wish to add contextual information to their charts.

gtaylor 12y ago
Was thinking the same thing. Especially with financial charts, it saves a lot of time eyeballing and guessing. Sure, you can look at the data source for the raw values, but I'd rather just hover my mouse over the points.
brwnll 12y ago
Agreed. There is no mention of it in the "Important missing stuff", although their Getting Stated page does finish with ADDING BEHAVIOR TO YOUR CHARTS Coming soon... Hopefully that means enabling chart interaction. Of course, by the time they add in the basic functionality which make data visualization useful, they'll have just repro'd ChartJs, HighCharts, or any of those other libraries.
ErikRogneby 12y ago
When I think responsive it's in a mobile first paradigm. There is no hover on mobile.
- csallen 12y ago
  True, but "mobile first" is not "mobile only". The point of responsive design is for things to work well on multiple platforms, not just one.
  - ErikRogneby 12y ago
    correct. So why not use a multi-platform interaction like on click?
    - duckmysick 12y ago
      Because hover saves user two clicks (one to access a tooltip, another to dismiss it) and desktop users are already familiar with additional information displayed on hover. If a hover tooltip has a clickable content then yes, using on click to lock the tooltip in place is a good idea. For example, hover navigation with subcategories can be awkward to use and on click navigation is a better choice here. But for a simple caption in an interactive chart it would be an overkill on desktops.
- nkozyra 12y ago
  There is no hover on mobile, but in this context, touch/press works as an analog for hover. In other words, you want more information/detail on a particular data point, on desktop you hover, on mobile you press.
  - ErikRogneby 12y ago
    which is essentially on click. You don't want the details to only show up while your big fat index finger is in the way.

by SEJeff 12y ago

Looks very pretty, but doesn't seem to offer hover states or actions / tooltips. I think this is a dealbreaker for a lot of users who wish to add contextual information to their charts.

gtaylor 12y ago

Was thinking the same thing. Especially with financial charts, it saves a lot of time eyeballing and guessing. Sure, you can look at the data source for the raw values, but I'd rather just hover my mouse over the points.

brwnll 12y ago

Agreed. There is no mention of it in the "Important missing stuff", although their Getting Stated page does finish with ADDING BEHAVIOR TO YOUR CHARTS Coming soon... Hopefully that means enabling chart interaction. Of course, by the time they add in the basic functionality which make data visualization useful, they'll have just repro'd ChartJs, HighCharts, or any of those other libraries.

ErikRogneby 12y ago

When I think responsive it's in a mobile first paradigm. There is no hover on mobile.

csallen 12y ago
True, but "mobile first" is not "mobile only". The point of responsive design is for things to work well on multiple platforms, not just one.
- ErikRogneby 12y ago
  correct. So why not use a multi-platform interaction like on click?
  - duckmysick 12y ago
    Because hover saves user two clicks (one to access a tooltip, another to dismiss it) and desktop users are already familiar with additional information displayed on hover. If a hover tooltip has a clickable content then yes, using on click to lock the tooltip in place is a good idea. For example, hover navigation with subcategories can be awkward to use and on click navigation is a better choice here. But for a simple caption in an interactive chart it would be an overkill on desktops.
nkozyra 12y ago
There is no hover on mobile, but in this context, touch/press works as an analog for hover. In other words, you want more information/detail on a particular data point, on desktop you hover, on mobile you press.
- ErikRogneby 12y ago
  which is essentially on click. You don't want the details to only show up while your big fat index finger is in the way.