On 9/22/06, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stewart Stremler wrote:
> begin quoting Barry Gershenfeld as of Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 11:37:41AM -0700:
>>> Q? How about a nice ascii bar-chart?
>> I have considered this. Especially if the alternative is "nothing". Could
>> be tricky in html, though :-)
>>
>
> I thought bar-charts in html were really rather simple.
>
Yes they are.
Here's some words on it
http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/wpd0104review.htm
Excellent examples of chartjunk. Effort expended to make drop
shadows, cylindrical-looking bars, waffle bars. None of this helps in
understanding the data, just in entertaining the PHBs.
carl
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