Every time with the Jakob. I've already expressed my (obviously personal) opinion once so here is my Nielsen haiku: Modern users ask what time is Mr Nielsen? 1994.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: 14 August 2007 14:54 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] more data visualisation links Some of these seem to be of dubious real use. Has anyone put any of them though Jakob Nielsen-style user testing? For example, I got taught to use mind-maps back at school in '86, but the whole point of them is that you create them personally to help you to use a "visual system" to help memorise abstract things - if someone else (or a machine) makes them then you are into "meaningless" territory... The spiky-graph one is the most comprehensible style. On 14/08/07, Simon Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-app roaches/ Now, I'd like to see the musicovery.com <http://musicovery.com/> approach applied as an alternative nav for the bbc radio player: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/index.shtml?button ________________________________ From: Simon Cobb Sent: 16 May 2007 09:42 To: ' [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ' Subject: data visualisation links Despite its use of the word 'awesome', this article led me to some interesting stuff: http://mashable.com/2007/05/15/16-awesome-data-visualization-tools/ hope it does the same for you. Disclaimer: I forward it for the ideas/ concepts deployed by these sites, not for their accessibility -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
