How to lie beautifully with FusionCharts
Gotta love those three-dimensional charts. They sure are shiny! Look at this:
FusionCharts graphs
This is a screenshot of FusionCharts graphs. But wait, on closer inspection: 5 and 7 are the same height? 6 is exactly twice as tall as 2?
Pseudo-three-dimensional charts are the bane of my existence. Tufte would definitely not approve. (If you don’t have The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, you should really get it and give it a read.)
Further Reading:
Wow, that is kinda ridiculous. I’ve used their charting software quite a bit and really like it but must never had a need to use the 3d charts b/c this is definitely something one would notice.
Note To Self: Use 3d fusioncharts bar/line graph the next time I approach management about a raise:
“Sir, I can definitely understand your concerns about giving me a 40% raise but if you look at this chart right here, you can see that the new salary is almost exactly the same as what I am currently making.”
Matt
30 Sep 09 at 12:54 pm