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Re:Microsoft UI has officially entered the realm of self-parody by planetjoe on Monday August 29, 2011 @03:35PM (#2938513)
I'm getting off-point here, but did anyone else get annoyed that the MS blog post used bar charts when they should use pie charts to compare relative percentages?
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Re:Microsoft UI has officially entered the realm of self-parody by cabirum on Monday August 29, 2011 @03:48PM (#2938580)
As long as y-axis starts at 0%, its fine for me.
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Re:Microsoft UI has officially entered the realm of self-parody by sid0 on Monday August 29, 2011 @03:44PM (#2938555)
http://www.napera.com/product-design/pie-charts-considered-h...
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Re:Microsoft UI has officially entered the realm of self-parody by planetjoe on Monday August 29, 2011 @03:55PM (#2938608)
Point well taken. I can't seriously argue against Tufte or actual research, but I still like pie charts for some things.
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