Comments on: How to Use Visual Elements Effectively in a Blog Post

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:01:59 +0000

Hi Amanda,

You have a point here, some reader or most of them will appreciate something with visual element. It is much faster and easier for the brain to process something through visual.. For me, I prefer to read through visual representation, rather than reading actual words!!, Thank you for sharing, Can you share more ideas?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:21:29 +0000

In reply to Len Diamond.

Hi Len, appreciate your feedback. True I do skip graphic sometimes too, but to be honest I like infographics. Sure, they don’t include a lot of information, but that’s exactly the point; the purpose of an infographic is to simplify complex data and convey the message using visual elements. But then again, we have to be really careful in selecting the facts we include in an infographic for we cannot add all relevant details, a luxury we can, of course, afford if we choose to say it in words.
And thank you for referring me to Tufte’s work, I’m definitely going to have a look.

By: Len Diamond

Len Diamond — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:04:15 +0000

I’m sure you’re right, but I’m old school; I get my information from the words and skip over most graphics. I find most infographics irritating to the eye and less informative than written descriptions and commands, assuming there’s room for the latter.
If we can include traffic signs as infographics — “P” with a slash through it doesn’t save that much space and is a poor substitute for “No Parking,” although I recognize we have to communicate at all levels of language proficiency and internationalism in my town. I’m still wondering what the symbol is for “No Stopping,” though.
Are you familiar with Tufte’s work on visualizing quantitative and qualitative information? Beautiful stuff.