HN Charts
Data
poll visualisation
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Performance: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful and cool tool for viewing poll results
From 4 comments
This is cool. The results of the first poll I looked at surprised me and I wanted to read the comments, so I think it would be useful to have a link to the actual poll (on HN)…
hmigneron on HNAwesome! It would be nice to have prev and next button for the chart detail page. Even better if u could add a swipe for mobile devices
SudarshanP on HNThis is great. I think it would be helpful to add the percentages here too. Perhaps in the key so as not to clutter?
gordonbowman on HNgreat job, Shishir. are the legend/poll options in the same order as shown on the original poll? i ask because the colors are a wee bit difficult to differentiate. feature…
jrberger on HN
Objections
Pie charts are hard to read; bar charts compare better
From 2 comments
This is cool, but you really should have used bar charts rather than pie charts. Humans are really good at comparing lengths, and terrible at comparing areas. As an example, your…
crntaylor on HNI hear JGC's Pie Chart Challenge calling... http://blog.jgc.org/2011/09/pie-chart-challenge.html
zacharydanger on HN
Repeated scraping of HN pages causes unnecessary load
From 2 comments
I'm not a web developer, so maybe I'm misremembering, but wasn't there something in HTTP that let you check the last time a page changed? Scraping the poll pages every 10 minutes…
rcfox on HNIf-Modified-Since? You still have to issue the http request.
mooism2 on HN
Colours are hard to tell apart
From 1 comment
great job, Shishir. are the legend/poll options in the same order as shown on the original poll? i ask because the colors are a wee bit difficult to differentiate. feature…
jrberger on HN
Nav bar HN Charts link does not behave as expected
From 1 comment
This is cool. The results of the first poll I looked at surprised me and I wanted to read the comments, so I think it would be useful to have a link to the actual poll (on HN)…
hmigneron on HN
Requests
Default to bar charts with pie chart option
From 1 comment
Okay, I will make bar-chart the default view with an option to switch to pie-charts if desired.
sbashyal on HN
Link to original HN poll
From 2 comments
This is cool. The results of the first poll I looked at surprised me and I wanted to read the comments, so I think it would be useful to have a link to the actual poll (on HN)…
hmigneron on HNgreat job, Shishir. are the legend/poll options in the same order as shown on the original poll? i ask because the colors are a wee bit difficult to differentiate. feature…
jrberger on HN
Show percentages in the key
From 1 comment
This is great. I think it would be helpful to add the percentages here too. Perhaps in the key so as not to clutter?
gordonbowman on HN
Previous and next buttons on chart pages, swipe on mobile
From 1 comment
Awesome! It would be nice to have prev and next button for the chart detail page. Even better if u could add a swipe for mobile devices
SudarshanP on HN
Questions
Is there research on how people perceive pie charts?
From 1 comment
I must admit I don't fully get his argument. Is there research into the perception of pie charts, or is it just an assumption that people are bad at judging areas and angles?
Tichy on HN
Alternatives named
Pie Chart Challenge by JGC
From 1 comment
I hear JGC's Pie Chart Challenge calling... http://blog.jgc.org/2011/09/pie-chart-challenge.html
zacharydanger on HN