Brooke, If possible, use colour to indicate the distance attribute, although you should keep in mind potential issues for colour-blind audience members. Size (of the dot on a scatter-plot) is another way to indicate the third dimension. Alternatively, plot you data inside a triangle where each side represents a dimension of the data (similar to how RGB colour spaces are represented).
Regards Steve 2008/5/22 Brooke Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi folks, I need a little help here. > > > I'm trying to design a grid display (table of numerical data) that really > has a dataset more appropriate for a three-dimensional display. But I'm > constrained to two axis. This is a web application were the user's > preference is to see whole numbers indicating quantity. > > I've been pouring over Tufte and not found anything that really meets my > needs yet. Help! > > thanks > brooke > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- ---------------------------------------------- Steve 'Doc' Baty B.Sc (Maths), M.EC, MBA Principal Consultant Meld Consulting M: +61 417 061 292 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UX Statistics: http://uxstats.blogspot.com Member, UPA - www.upassoc.org Member, IA Institute - www.iainstitute.org Member, IxDA - www.ixda.org Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.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
