<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This is Justin Tanner, I'm working on a proposal for the Google<br>
summer of code, to create different mesh network visualization<br>
schemes, here are some mock-ups I've created to brainstorm some ideas.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Interesting stuff. <br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This next visualization is called "Planet Activity". The goal was to<br>
create a mesh visualization similar tot the OLPC neighborhood, but<br>
with space-like theme.<br>
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<a href="http://www.jwtanner.com/images/svg/planet1.svg" target="_blank">http://www.jwtanner.com/images/svg/planet1.svg</a><br>
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In this picture, the planets represent activities, the more popular<br>
the activity, the bigger the planet. If a user has not joined a group<br>
activity, he/she sits on an asteroid.<br></blockquote></div><br>The others I find interesting. However, I think rotating the figures (particularly the 45 degree rotation) makes for a confusing image. When the XO person icon is upright, it's reasonably clear what it is. Rotated 45 degrees, it sort of looks like addition (plus) with something in a corner. Rotating 90 degrees suggested multiplication to me. While one could easily get used to it, the Planet Activity display didn't win me over. On a similar note, do the people really need to tumble down the ski slope, or do you think it's too boring to have them remain upright? <br>
<br>The Leapfrog display worked best for me...<br><br>