Comments on: The Future of Excel Charts? http://www.automateexcel.com/2005/01/05/future_of_charts/ Everything Excel. Only Excel. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:25:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ross http://www.automateexcel.com/2005/01/05/future_of_charts/comment-page-1/#comment-105 ross Sun, 09 Jan 2005 01:16:20 +0000 #comment-105 lol, we gotta to earn a living until we hit the big time!!! :) - which colud be quite a while, lol! lol, we gotta to earn a living until we hit the big time!!! :) – which colud be quite a while, lol!

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.automateexcel.com/2005/01/05/future_of_charts/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Jon Peltier Sat, 08 Jan 2005 12:33:48 +0000 #comment-106 spreadsheet_addiction hits the nail on the head about improper use of 3D graphics:<br /> <br /> "In most graphics a three-dimensional effect merely makes the graph harder to interpret."<br /> <br /> Then it goes on to critique a particularly bad chart choice, 3D pie charts.<br /> <br /> So Ross, what's a rock and roller doing in the Excel blogs, anyway??<br /> spreadsheet_addiction hits the nail on the head about improper use of 3D graphics:

“In most graphics a three-dimensional effect merely makes the graph harder to interpret.”

Then it goes on to critique a particularly bad chart choice, 3D pie charts.

So Ross, what’s a rock and roller doing in the Excel blogs, anyway??

]]> By: ross http://www.automateexcel.com/2005/01/05/future_of_charts/comment-page-1/#comment-104 ross Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:03:38 +0000 #comment-104 it's not the best example is it, 3 d charts ca be a difficult beast, but nice to think that excel might get some decent charting tools one day. <br /> <br /> I was looking at the R langue a few days ago, that seams to have some good charting features: <br /> http://www.r-project.org/<br /> <br /> i saw this aswell which made me laugh:<br /> goto section BAD GRAPHICS <br /> http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/spreadsheet_addiction.html<br /> <br /> oh well! it’s not the best example is it, 3 d charts ca be a difficult beast, but nice to think that excel might get some decent charting tools one day.

I was looking at the R langue a few days ago, that seams to have some good charting features:
http://www.r-project.org/

i saw this aswell which made me laugh:
goto section BAD GRAPHICS
http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/spreadsheet_addiction.html

oh well!

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.automateexcel.com/2005/01/05/future_of_charts/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Jon Peltier Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:49:47 +0000 #comment-103 If you can't blind them with brilliance, befuddle them with "sizzle and wow".<br /> <br /> A nice line chart would show that data without the distortions inherent in 3D charts viewed from an oblique angle.<br /> <br /> - Jon If you can’t blind them with brilliance, befuddle them with “sizzle and wow”.

A nice line chart would show that data without the distortions inherent in 3D charts viewed from an oblique angle.

- Jon

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