[titzer]

If it's interactive with a slider, maybe (most people don't scrub the video). Human memory is bad, like really bad. You wouldn't make a bar chart and put some bars on one page and some bars on another page. Animated charts are like that. They're entertainment, not a tool for seriously comparing data.

[codeptualize]

The point I'm making is that absolute statements about these things are incorrect. When used appropriately these tools can add to your visualization and story.

Let me give some examples of animation used in data visualization that really contributes to the story:

https://drones.pitchinteractive.com/

https://guns.periscopic.com/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/29/opinion/clima...

I think it's hard to argue these are "entertainment", they all tell important stories using data and animation. In these examples animation adds to the story, making it more engaging, and drawing more attention to the issue than it otherwise would have gotten. It can evoke surprise, shock, emotion that could not be achieved otherwise.

It's a bit like: people often use text in very bad ways. To mislead, too much or too little information, large quantities that say nothing at all, unreadable styles, lack of structure etc etc. Does that mean text is bad and you stop writing text? Of course not.

[mint2]

> Animated charts are like that. They're entertainment, not a tool for seriously comparing data.

I personally hate pie charts and animated charts. For some leaders/meetings in some companies too many people want entertainment with a smidgen of info.