On 2013/07/20 8:58 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > From discussions with others at SciPy, we found ourselves disagreeing > on what default we would want. We also weren't sure exactly which params > were the ones that people tended to change. We have zero data on this. > This site is intended to help start that data collection process.
Then it might help to add some introductory info to the page. When I went to it, all I saw was two versions of a plot and 3 buttons. That was not enough to motivate me to go further, so I don't know what would have happened if I had clicked one of the buttons. > > We can certainly improve this site to collect other kinds of info, but > this is just a start. One could also view this as a launching point for > teaching how to use rcParams (sorry David, i kinda like that name) in > mpl. You all know I never let a good teaching moment go to waste! Maybe the teaching would happen after clicking one of the buttons; it certainly was not apparent to me from the first page that there was a prospect of learning something. > > As for linking from matplotlib.org <http://matplotlib.org>, I am > ambivalent. It is a bit gimmicky, and I do worry about being > counterproductive to efforts in SciPy to be more inclusive of women > (given the rather anti-feministic undertones of the site we are > parodying). Of course, that could just be me being overly cautious. What site are you parodying? On second thought, it sounds like it would be better if I remain ignorant; and I suspect you are not being overly cautious in having some reservations. Eric > > Cheers! > Ben Root > > On Jul 20, 2013 2:20 PM, "Eric Firing" <efir...@hawaii.edu > <mailto:efir...@hawaii.edu>> wrote: > > On 2013/07/20 4:18 AM, David P. Sanders wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Probably many of you know about "Plot or Not", a site where we > vote on > > the same plot presented in different ways, to get feedback about > better > > matplotlibrc params: > > > > http://warm-escarpment-9042.herokuapp.com/ > > > > It seems to me an absolutely fantastic idea! I think many people > do not > > realise how fantastic the plots can look with some of this modern > > styling. (Styling was mentioned several times at SciPy.) > > > > Would it be possible to put a link to this site on the matplotlib web > > page and encourage people to use it? > > David, > > Interesting, but I'm not sure this is a good approach. I really don't > see the point of the voting. What I think would be more useful would be > a set of matplotlibrc files with examples of their effect on at least a > few plot types. > > > > > Definitely time to update the defaults!! > > Or maybe include a representative set of rcParams combinations to make > it easier for people to choose a design that suits their purpose. This > could be part of a toolkit. > > Eric > > > > > Best wishes, > > David. > > > > -- > > Dr. David P. Sanders > > > > Profesor Titular "A" / Associate Professor > > Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias > > Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) > > > > dpsand...@ciencias.unam.mx <mailto:dpsand...@ciencias.unam.mx> > <mailto:dpsand...@ciencias.unam.mx <mailto:dpsand...@ciencias.unam.mx>> > > http://sistemas.fciencias.unam.mx/~dsanders > > <http://sistemas.fciencias.unam.mx/%7Edsanders> > > > > Cubículo / office: #414, 4o. piso del Depto. de Física > > Tel.: +52 55 5622 4965 <tel:%2B52%2055%205622%204965> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics > > Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from > AppDynamics > > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > > > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics > Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
