Comments on: 7 Basic Rules for Making Charts and Graphs

By: pradeep

pradeep — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:04:49 +0000

very well illustrated! I would say its a must read

By: Assignment Information Design | Katherine Dillon

Assignment Information Design | Katherine Dillon — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:45:37 +0000

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By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:44:58 +0000

Great rules. Would love to see them followed in the graph types supported on your.flowingdata.com. Just sayin’.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:07:18 +0000

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By: dave

dave — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:05:48 +0000

bud these look like they were drawing by a 5 year old

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7 basic rules for making charts and graphs | QuantMinds.com — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:45:05 +0000

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By: Shantanu

Shantanu — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:35:15 +0000

Hi Nathan – I am new to this forum. Just going through all the archive posts. Really nice article.

If possible, Could you please share some of the dashboards that you have created or you suggest people to refer them as good dashboards considering all data Visualization rules.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:52:37 +0000

Excellent post! If I could add:

From a design perspective (and audience), make sure that if you use color, it is also discernible in black and white. I had a chart for my boss once with red and green columns, and he took one look at it and said “This is nice, but I’m colorblind.” You never know how it will be displayed or printed after it leaves your hands, so try to use as much contrast as possible. My 2 cents…