Comments on: What Britain Has Eaten the Past Three Decades http://flowingdata.com/2009/08/06/what-britain-has-eaten-the-past-three-decades/ Strength in Numbers Thu, 24 May 2012 09:33:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: xlifes http://flowingdata.com/2009/08/06/what-britain-has-eaten-the-past-three-decades/#comment-32831 xlifes Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:06:38 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2389#comment-32831 Thanks for your answer Nathan. I does look like flash, although I thought they would also use another software/tool. It looks so slick and "simple". Great stuff, I'll just have to learn how to actionscript then! Thanks for your answer Nathan.
I does look like flash, although I thought they would also use another software/tool. It looks so slick and “simple”.
Great stuff, I’ll just have to learn how to actionscript then!

]]> By: Nathan Yau http://flowingdata.com/2009/08/06/what-britain-has-eaten-the-past-three-decades/#comment-32781 Nathan Yau Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:41:37 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2389#comment-32781 it was done in flash/actionscript it was done in flash/actionscript

]]> By: xlifes http://flowingdata.com/2009/08/06/what-britain-has-eaten-the-past-three-decades/#comment-32771 xlifes Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:31:56 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2389#comment-32771 Hi, Can anyone tell me what software is used to produce these kind of ‘organic’ interactive graphics? What I mean by this is the kind that immediatly adaptd itself according to mouse moving (often on slide bars) or by clicking a button (but you actually see the morph instead of just the image changing). Thanks Hi,
Can anyone tell me what software is used to produce these kind of ‘organic’ interactive graphics? What I mean by this is the kind that immediatly adaptd itself according to mouse moving (often on slide bars) or by clicking a button (but you actually see the morph instead of just the image changing).
Thanks

]]> By: DB http://flowingdata.com/2009/08/06/what-britain-has-eaten-the-past-three-decades/#comment-32417 DB Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:03:37 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2389#comment-32417 One major problem with the data is that they're comparing non-like items and you can't get an accurate total of 100 percent. For example on the fat category they have butter, lard, olive oil (all various types of fat) but then they have reduced-fat spreads and salad oils that don't specify which type of fat is used. They do this in the fish category too, where they break down white fish and blue fish and salmon, then have a general "takeaway fish" category. So it's useful... to a point. But that's a limitation of the data rather than the presentation, I think. One major problem with the data is that they’re comparing non-like items and you can’t get an accurate total of 100 percent. For example on the fat category they have butter, lard, olive oil (all various types of fat) but then they have reduced-fat spreads and salad oils that don’t specify which type of fat is used. They do this in the fish category too, where they break down white fish and blue fish and salmon, then have a general “takeaway fish” category. So it’s useful… to a point. But that’s a limitation of the data rather than the presentation, I think.

]]> By: anon http://flowingdata.com/2009/08/06/what-britain-has-eaten-the-past-three-decades/#comment-32411 anon Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:23:24 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2389#comment-32411 This seems like perfect data for that Many Eyes "stack graph for categories" thing. This seems like perfect data for that Many Eyes “stack graph for categories” thing.

]]> By: Jeremy http://flowingdata.com/2009/08/06/what-britain-has-eaten-the-past-three-decades/#comment-32409 Jeremy Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:24:03 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2389#comment-32409 Interesting butI think there's little ability for comparison evident; surely the great advantage of an interactive chart. Sure, people are eating less butter, but it's more interesting to see the consumption of butter in relation to the consumption of low fat spreads in the same view. I would have also liked to have seen the overall consumption of each food group when hovering over the centre - I found myself dragging my cursor round and round the 'donut' with gay abandon to measure it. Interesting butI think there’s little ability for comparison evident; surely the great advantage of an interactive chart. Sure, people are eating less butter, but it’s more interesting to see the consumption of butter in relation to the consumption of low fat spreads in the same view. I would have also liked to have seen the overall consumption of each food group when hovering over the centre – I found myself dragging my cursor round and round the ‘donut’ with gay abandon to measure it.

]]> By: Matt http://flowingdata.com/2009/08/06/what-britain-has-eaten-the-past-three-decades/#comment-32408 Matt Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:04:19 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2389#comment-32408 Interesting, but required too much moving between sections... there was no ability to see the data rolled up, the inconsistency of the scale on the lower left and the different sections of food data does not allow for an understanding of the relative changes in diet, only the singe item changes. Interesting, but required too much moving between sections… there was no ability to see the data rolled up, the inconsistency of the scale on the lower left and the different sections of food data does not allow for an understanding of the relative changes in diet, only the singe item changes.

]]> By: Philip Plante http://flowingdata.com/2009/08/06/what-britain-has-eaten-the-past-three-decades/#comment-32406 Philip Plante Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:03:56 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2389#comment-32406 Interesting visualization method for this dataset, however it wasn't nearly interactive enough! I kept finding myself trying to click on slices to drill down into the category. Its great to know that a large chunk of people have eaten Pork, but what specific cuts of meat? Maybe they don't have that depth for the dataset, oh well. Interesting visualization method for this dataset, however it wasn’t nearly interactive enough! I kept finding myself trying to click on slices to drill down into the category. Its great to know that a large chunk of people have eaten Pork, but what specific cuts of meat?

Maybe they don’t have that depth for the dataset, oh well.

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