Comments on: Wired’s Weird Graphics Department http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/wireds-weird-graphics-department/ PTS Excel Charts and Tutorials Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:01:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DQKennard http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/wireds-weird-graphics-department/comment-page-1/#comment-9143 DQKennard Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:55:49 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=1385#comment-9143 I've subscribed to Wired for years, for similar reasons. I've always done so *despite* their graphics and layout. Each time I've resubscribed I've had to make a conscious decision on whether the content was worth the effort necessary to drag the content out of the bad design. As I get older, the calculation changes as (a) my eyes are less able to deal with the poor contrast they so often use (mid-green tiny words on mid-gray background that has a light gray embedded image?? WTF?), and (b) I get increasingly intolerant of making an effort that should be unnecessary. That graph might have something useful to say; I shouldn't have to adjust for the bad design that makes it hard to read and (worse) misleading, as in cases like the skewed perspective you point out here. (current pet peeve: every few months they make an extra effort to make the table of contents even less useful.) I’ve subscribed to Wired for years, for similar reasons. I’ve always done so *despite* their graphics and layout. Each time I’ve resubscribed I’ve had to make a conscious decision on whether the content was worth the effort necessary to drag the content out of the bad design. As I get older, the calculation changes as (a) my eyes are less able to deal with the poor contrast they so often use (mid-green tiny words on mid-gray background that has a light gray embedded image?? WTF?), and (b) I get increasingly intolerant of making an effort that should be unnecessary. That graph might have something useful to say; I shouldn’t have to adjust for the bad design that makes it hard to read and (worse) misleading, as in cases like the skewed perspective you point out here.

(current pet peeve: every few months they make an extra effort to make the table of contents even less useful.)

]]> By: JP http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/wireds-weird-graphics-department/comment-page-1/#comment-9135 JP Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:01:23 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=1385#comment-9135 Shouldn't that first chart be 5. Comcast 4. ExxonMobil 3. Northwest Airlines 2. Citgo 1. Halliburton ? Shouldn’t that first chart be

5. Comcast
4. ExxonMobil
3. Northwest Airlines
2. Citgo
1. Halliburton

?

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