tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post5328978544418405085..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: fighting wordsHelen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-62150164719444408152010-05-14T17:10:45.339+01:002010-05-14T17:10:45.339+01:00My thought, after reading about this result, is th...My thought, after reading about this result, is that it tells us that diagram content comes in 3 categories: data ink, mnemonic ink, and chart junk. <br /><br />We still need to avoid weird and misleading chart features. It doesn't help people to remember a bad chart.lo5anhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08641876365636356007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-52604358101094368572010-05-14T17:02:05.986+01:002010-05-14T17:02:05.986+01:00The only possible redemptive factor here is that h...The only possible redemptive factor here is that hopefully they were looking at charts that still described the information meaningfully, just with extra visual crud.<br /><br />If they were looking at "crayons-in-a-box" type of charts (like the original Challenger ones), and got these results, I'll be a very, very sad boy.Colinhttp://cactusflower.orgnoreply@blogger.com