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What a Difference a Zero Makes

by Jonathan Baker-Bates on October 12, 2010

Not that I expect truth in advertising, but this is a nice example of an abuse of statistical graphics. In this case, a bar chart from Debenhams in Oxford Circus. You could be excused for thinking that Debanhams travel services are offering TWICE as many Euro for the same price as you’d get from their […]

  • Tags: deception, infoviz, sigh
  • Categories: User Experience

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Apple and the Non-Hover Non-Problem

by Jonathan Baker-Bates on July 9, 2010

Every time I decide to pen a rant about some user experience issue or other, I feel a bit guilty. Guilty because I know it’s hard to be positive, easy to be cynical, and makes me look nasty. But I’m going to justify this one on the grounds that if countless hoards of designers are […]

  • Tags: deception, rants, Steve Jobs, stupidity
  • Categories: User Experience

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