Comments on: The Smallest Effective Difference

By: Printing Map Part I: Map design with QGIS « MikeOnGIS

Printing Map Part I: Map design with QGIS « MikeOnGIS — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:55:30 +0000

[...] I have narrowed roads down to three classes (not counting transparent ones) based on The Smallest Effective Difference (link on stackexchange is broken..), while for routing, of course, all road classes remain as [...]

By: Printing Map: Map design with QGIS (Part I) « MikeOnGIS

Printing Map: Map design with QGIS (Part I) « MikeOnGIS — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:53:19 +0000

By: Reading graphs with your Lizard Brain « Quantum Progress

Reading graphs with your Lizard Brain « Quantum Progress — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:20:46 +0000

[...] Disaster. Start to see graphs as “visual explanations“, find the value in the “smallest effective difference,” and devlop a filter for “chartjunk” which distracts [...]

By: Great User Interfaces, Clarity, and Emphasis - Mark Miller

Great User Interfaces, Clarity, and Emphasis - Mark Miller — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:07:00 +0000

[...] The essence of this guideline, is don't overdo it. So as we discuss ways to control emphasis, remember that the goal is to be subtle, to emphasize with what Edward Tufte refers to as the smallest effective difference. [...]