THE UX OF DATA

jQuery Conference 2015 in Berlin

Responsive Datenvisualisierung mit jQuery

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Peter Rozek

Work at ecx.io (Digital Agency)

Skills: UX

Usability Accessibility

Frontend

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Why responsivenessand interactiveStorytelling with Data?

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Cross Device Focus Provide contextIncrease engagement Make emotional Real-Time sentiment

„Above all else, show the data.”

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Edward Tufte

Source: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

„More Than 50 Percent of Users Will Use a Tablet or Smartphone First for All Online Activities“

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Gartner

Source: http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2939217

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The human is brain especially at recognizing shapes and patterns.

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The connection between the eye and brain is fast.

Image from: http://www.natgeotv.com.au/brain/....

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The brain receives 8.96 megabits of data from the eye every second.

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The average person comprehends 120 words per minute reading.

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That is equivalent to 81.6 bits of data per second.

8.96 Mb/s visual

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81.6 b/s reading

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We are not wired to read fast.

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We are wired to visualize fast.

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Storytelling changes with technology.

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People tell Stories

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Words tell Stories

Image from: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_des_Buchdrucks

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Images tell Stories

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Comics tell Stories

Image from: http://nikolawashere.com/tag/avengers/

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Movies tell Stories

Image from: http://www.giga.de/filme/...

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Data visualizations effectively

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Analyze and make decisions.

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How can we tell Stories with Data ?

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What information does the reader need to be successful? How much detail does the reader need?

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Data Story

Visual

Tale

ArtGraph

Spot

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The right data visualization can

emphasize key points provide context engage the audience

„Creative field melding the skills of computer science, statistics, artistic design and storytelling“

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the economist 2010

Quote: http://www.economist.com/node/15557455

“I think people have begun to forget how powerful human stories are, exchanging their sense of empathy for a fetishistic fascination with data, networks, patterns, and total information… Really, the data is just part of the story. The human stuff is the main stuff, and the data should enrich it.”

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Jonathan Harris

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Design Principles for Data

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Design Message InteractivityShow the

storyTell the story

engange the story

The fundamental ways we use data visualizations

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D3.js

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JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data.Using HTML, SVG, and CSS, CSS3 Transitions.

Emphasis on web standards.

Full capabilities of modern browsers.

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D3 is tested

IE 9+

„…so if your browser doesn't support standards, you're out of luck. Sorry!“

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D3 documentation

Source: https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki

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Source: http://www.chartjs.org/@webinterface

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HTML 5 basedSimple and flexibleResponsiveModularInteractive

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Browser support for the canvas element is available in all modern & major mobile browsers.

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All six core chart types are only 11.01kb when minified.

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IE8 below recommend using the polyfill ExplorerCanvas

Source: https://github.com/arv/explorercanvas

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Style with CSS & control with JS

Usage of SVG

Responsive configuration with media queries

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Source: https://gionkunz.github.io/chartist-js/@webinterface Source: https://gionkunz.github.io/chartist-js/

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Accessibility Plugin

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Source: https://gionkunz.github.io/chartist-js/@webinterface Source: https://gionkunz.github.io/chartist-js/

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Future Pie Charts

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Responsive Table

Source: http://fooplugins.com/footable-demos/

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Last Words

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We learn from visuals.

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Our brains perform more efficiently and more information from visuals.

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Responsiveness data visualizations can be awesome when we understand the priority.

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Use visuals to make the story memorable.

Thanks

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…dear Ellen

@webinterfacepeter.rozek@ecx.io