[okfn-discuss] Alpha release of Where Does My Money Go? prototype

Thu Nov 12 18:24:08 UTC 2009

Excellent comments Hjalmar! It would be really useful if you could
post them on the blog so all ideas are in one place!

  http://blog.okfn.org/2009/11/11/alpha-release-of-where-does-my-money-go-prototype/

Best wishes,

Jonathan

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Hjalmar Gislason <hjalli at hjalli.com> wrote:
>> We're pleased to announce the alpha release of the 'Where Does My
>> Money Go?' prototype:
>>
>>  http://www.wheredoesmymoneygo.org/wdmmg-alpha/
>
> This looks great, especially for a prototype.
>
> A couple of quick comments:
> * One immediately misses more data to be able to dig deeper and explore more
> * I'm not thrilled with the "pie charts on regions" map, and actually
> think that you'll find such visualizations used as examples of bad
> infographic design in a lot of literature, even works of some of the
> new advisors :)
> * As a user, once I've found something of interest I'd like to be able
> to export the raw data somehow to use in Excel, SPSS, for importing
> into a database, etc.
> * There are a lot of opportunities to add tooltips with additional
> information (such as amounts, etc.) on mouse over.
>
> Hope this is of help, and that you don't get me wrong - this is a great start!
>
> Best,
> Hjalmar Gislason
> www.datamarket.net
>
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