There's nothing wrong with data grids per se. Tufte himself recommends the use of data tables on numerous occasions. That's why we have one in Flex.
The problem arises when people use data tables just because they are (supposedly) easy to design and implement when another form of representing the data would be more effective at answering the questions the viewer has about her data. I find it is always valuable to ask yourself what these questions are likely to be, and whether the information visualization you chose is an effective way of answering them. There is a very nice set of graphical charting components in Flex as well, btw. Be sure to consider them in addition to DataGrid, and let me know off list if there are other ways we can help you visualize your customers' data. Rob Design Researcher, Flex product line Adobe On Feb 13, 2008 4:47 PM, W Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another thing - start by not thinking about rows of data filled with > records. Instead start with the fundamental unit - > A person in a HR system > A book in a library > A car in used car lot. > -- Rob http://usereccentric.com/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
