On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Jonathan Rez <jonat...@rez.com.au> wrote:
> Tom hi, > > My two cents' worth... > > > Ground rule: Add a title to the page/chart > > Flip the chart, so that negative values are towards the bottom of the > page, not the top. > > Minute detail. because you are using the minus symbol, it may be good to > avoid dashes, for example in "0 - Travel Origin" > > Triangles along the path infer one way, but you're describing a going > back in time scenario. Revisiting the diagram (but not deleting my last comment) it reads like once > I'm on the orange line I'm in the alternate timeline, but what you'e saying > is that I'm in the alternate timeline once I reach -40. In addition, is the > duration of going back in time the same as moving forward, or are they > jumping back in time? According to the current visualisation it's the same. > If it is a time jump then a different line style should be used, eg: thin, > dotted (green, as we're not yet in the alternate time space) or gradient > from white to green to indicate fast motion. > I guess they start at 0 being on the orange timeline, and in hindsight that reads oddly - they are going back but not yet on the alternate. Good points. The idea of having the time jump be visually distinct is a good one I think. > > To make it more coherent it would help if points in the parallel time > space were horizontally aligned with points in the original time space, i.e. > a base line time grid where +19 is parallel to +19 > > And while it's a big challenge, see if you can make distances reflect > time span rather points in key points in the story. > I don't think I'll have the room for that. I planned on indicating breaks where big gaps are. > > If the new time space start at zero, the current diagram shows they are > loosing 40 years between the time they start the new time space and the time > they reconnect to the original time space. > > See rough draft attached.... > > As you say, this is information design – why are you posting this to IXDA? > Good input, thanks. Posted here because I knew I'd get good feedback, and I did :) ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
