Next steps brainstorming - salspaugh/DataFramer GitHub Wiki

Comparing two variables

  • don't do it on the charts page because there is enough going on there already
  • better for question details view
  • two options: filter versus compound charts -- combine somehow?
  • TODO: make mockups of how this might look
  • have separate defined work area for making comparisons between variables? perhaps where the actions were ephemeral but once you finished making the chart you could save it and have it show up along with the other overview charts

Annotations

  • wasn't really used, but may be useful in another implementation
  • have annotation templates e.g., ____ is related to ____ and have person fill in blanks. then when one of the variables is accessed in another context, that information could be automatically referenced and recommendations made on that basis if need be
  • is there a way to make it more smooth and less work to annotate things? perhaps having flags so users can just click
  • TODO: come up with a list of properties that people would want to toggle

Other

  • Tracking user actions
  • TODO: look at fundamentals laid out by Stephen Few overviews page
  • TODO: look at TOCHI -- figure out which of these are attainable from DataFramer
  • next step seems to be obviously look at two variables, and exactly what form this is is dictated by the variable types (see: statwing), maybe add some filtering
  • TODO: list and triage smaller bugs identified