Comments on: Bullshit Graphs http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/ Ugo Cei's Weblog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:00:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Daniel http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/comment-page-1/#comment-424565 Daniel Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:04:28 +0000 http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/#comment-424565 Where is IE on that 2nd graph? lol I have studied that first graph a little more than I want to, now that I have a headache but I still don't quite get it. Where is IE on that 2nd graph? lol I have studied that first graph a little more than I want to, now that I have a headache but I still don’t quite get it.

]]> By: alessandro http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/comment-page-1/#comment-414165 alessandro Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:32:13 +0000 http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/#comment-414165 The former is amazingly original in graphics: who cares about content? Just put it on Flickr... :-D The former is amazingly original in graphics: who cares about content? Just put it on Flickr… :-D

]]> By: drew http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/comment-page-1/#comment-414084 drew Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:56:09 +0000 http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/#comment-414084 nothing wrong with the first graph, its data visualization, and depicts the rise and fall of trends in fields from media. not sure about its accuracy, but it communicates effectively i'd say. the vertical scale doesnt have to be defined, it is all relative to the set of topics. nothing wrong with the first graph, its data visualization, and depicts the rise and fall of trends in fields from media. not sure about its accuracy, but it communicates effectively i’d say. the vertical scale doesnt have to be defined, it is all relative to the set of topics.

]]> By: Laurens Holst http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/comment-page-1/#comment-387312 Laurens Holst Sat, 30 May 2009 11:34:54 +0000 http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/#comment-387312 Except of course that the browsers are evenly spaced apart horizontally, while their release dates are not, so that can’t possibly be it! Except of course that the browsers are evenly spaced apart horizontally, while their release dates are not, so that can’t possibly be it!

]]> By: Laurens Holst http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/comment-page-1/#comment-387311 Laurens Holst Sat, 30 May 2009 11:32:23 +0000 http://agylen.com/2009/05/28/bullshit-graphs/#comment-387311 Yes haha, highly amusing that graph :). I passed it around to work colleagues when I saw it. I didn’t know that User Experience was so quantifyable! Wonder what’s on that ‘native’ line that seems to bob around so arbitrarily. And what’s up with that twist in the line between Firefox 3.5 and Chrome 2? ^_^. The only thing I can think of this meaning is that they made some graph about something else which they thought could somewhat represent ‘user experience’, e.g. number of Youtube users or JavaScript usage on the web, and just put the browsers on that line at the time they were released. In which case Chrome isn’t the cause of the increased user experience, but just the latest browser on that timeline :). Ooh, marketing graphics. Gotta love it. Yes haha, highly amusing that graph :) . I passed it around to work colleagues when I saw it. I didn’t know that User Experience was so quantifyable! Wonder what’s on that ‘native’ line that seems to bob around so arbitrarily. And what’s up with that twist in the line between Firefox 3.5 and Chrome 2? ^_^.

The only thing I can think of this meaning is that they made some graph about something else which they thought could somewhat represent ‘user experience’, e.g. number of Youtube users or JavaScript usage on the web, and just put the browsers on that line at the time they were released. In which case Chrome isn’t the cause of the increased user experience, but just the latest browser on that timeline :) .

Ooh, marketing graphics. Gotta love it.

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