tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post860319275672351057..comments2024-03-28T03:27:07.147+00:00Comments on VizWiz: Spirals vs. bars – Why does Nielsen makes things so hard for us?VizWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-90902051135665582162013-03-14T22:43:54.609+00:002013-03-14T22:43:54.609+00:00I think they're called "race track" ...I think they're called "race track" charts because readers are in a hurry to get to the end ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-89613336746324566622013-03-07T02:59:30.975+00:002013-03-07T02:59:30.975+00:00I've heard these called race track charts. Unl...I've heard these called race track charts. Unlike the usual race tracks we actually race on, the starting points are not staggered to account for different conferences of different lanes.Jon Peltierhttp://peltiertech.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-81785783178021215812013-03-06T14:27:25.744+00:002013-03-06T14:27:25.744+00:00Agree that a bar chart would be better. Sure, col...Agree that a bar chart would be better. Sure, color consistency across a report is helpful (and these colors are part of the "offical" Nielsen template) but this chart not only obscures the data, it misrepresents it by not using a proper scale. The outer magenta (?) bar is roughly six times the length/circumference of the inner light green bar. I guess you're just supposed to lookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-25472372545131834552013-03-05T19:46:06.145+00:002013-03-05T19:46:06.145+00:00Andy,
I think the colors come from a "consis...Andy,<br /><br />I think the colors come from a "consistent" set of colors used in the report in which this chart appears. So each product category has the same color across many charts. But, as you state so plainly, the visual form is not useful or necessary to communicate the message (in fact, it makes the message obscure in several ways. Michael W Cristianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01601236081405089979noreply@blogger.com