One of the most beautiful interactive charts I have ever seen is Gapminder World 2006, which merges impressive data visualization technology with human development statistics.
This chart allows you to compare worldwide statistics such as population, % of women in the workforce, and poverty. The two axes can be changed on the fly, and on mouseover [...]
Recently I had the task of designing an online data collection form that included a “top three” question. This question requires the user to choose three favorites, ranked in order of preference, from a long list of options. The user can only choose one item for each ranking (i.e. there can’t be two items ranked [...]
Read moreLuke Wroblewski of Functioning Form offers some thoughts on formatting tables that are easy for the eye to scan. In a November 2005 article for UX Matters (“So the Necessary May Speak”) he redesigned a table and made it more user-friendly by doing two things:
eliminating redundant content (every row started with “Number of …”);
arranging numbers [...]