If you’re of a certain age, then you remember how easy it was to build and design charts and graphs that users could view on screens. The design and deployment process was simple because the vast majority of users viewed them on proper computers, most likely running one of a few versions of Microsoft Windows.
There’s just less real estate (read: screen size) to work with.
Fitting large titles and many labels in a small number of pixels can be difficult if not impossible.
Scrolling issues can be maddening. Sometimes a chart can prevents users from scrolling past it on the page.
Since one size often doesn’t fit all, it requires a great deal of effort to make one chart for desktops, one for mobile devices, and one for print.
What’s the end result from all of these usability issues? Oh, not much. Only frustrated employees and customers, irate calls to IT departments and developers, squandered opportunities, and generally poor business decisions.
Bad dataviz never helped anyone.
The begs the question, What to do?
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