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[Multi-View] Consider suggesting people to color axis title for dual axis chart

Open kanitw opened this issue 6 years ago • 3 comments

like in https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/examples/layer_dual_axis.html

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The current example in the notebook doesn't make it clear which variable is which mark

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(It's ok for people who follow the tutorial as they created it themselves, but once they copy this example to create charts and share with other audience, it would be confusing.)

kanitw avatar May 01 '19 16:05 kanitw

tbh, I still find those dual Y axis graphs confusing and bad data viz practice for typical consumers. github Traffic/Visitors tab/graph is a prime example of it, but I second @kanitw suggestion to color code them if you must.

RandomFractals avatar May 01 '19 16:05 RandomFractals

Yep, they are generally considered an anti-pattern (and @kanitw is well aware of that) but there are some useful cases and you definitely need to make sure there are hints for what the lines/bars mean by coloring the marks and the corresponding titles.

domoritz avatar May 01 '19 17:05 domoritz

agreed! good catch @kanitw!

RandomFractals avatar May 01 '19 17:05 RandomFractals