Discussion Archive: December 2005

Display of values as continuous gradient...

Anyone have a good algorithm (or aware of reasonable conceptual
heuristic) for displaying continuous data as a "gradient?"

I have a set of data points along a continuum which cluster modally.
Displaying the modes as hot spots on a continuum has been proposed as a
display that would resonate with our users (like blue to red for rare to
frequent).

Pointers to Tufte-esque senstive discussions of the algorithms that
would support such a display would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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Revamp from V1 to V2

Hi All,

I've an opportunity to revamp an enterprise application already being
used by several customers, with significant room for improvement in
user experience. What should be general approach for the same?
Is there a systematic way? Where do I start?

I would like to know how others have handled the same.

And speaking of trees, I want to kill one

I'm having a classic "tree" issue. I need to design a tiny-little
front end for a deeply hierarchical system that houses a large library
of eLearning content. After you get through the nested "catalogs" (4-5
levels), you get to the Learning Activites, which can contain
*Blended* Learning Activites, which can contain child Learning
Activites.

Naturally, I keep seeing this in my head as a tree.