{"id":51779,"date":"2025-01-27T21:36:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/analytics\/fat-zebras-darkhorse-analytics\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T21:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:36:32","slug":"fat-zebras-darkhorse-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=51779","title":{"rendered":"Fat Zebras \u2014 Darkhorse Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Fat zebras have less visual noise because they switch back and forth less frequently. As for tracking, I find them even easier, simply following the top, middle, or bottom row of the filled section across. (We will have to wait for a follow-up study to see if they actually help – it seems<\/a> people don\u2019t prefer the look of them on smaller tables, but there is no indication on their performance.)<\/p>\n

One potential drawback to consider when using fat zebras is \u2018implied grouping\u2019. Depending on your data set, people may think the fill colours indicate that data share some specific quality. For this reason, it is vitally important, as with regular stripes, that the background fill be as subtle as possible. I would also recommend avoiding it when there are only a few rows of data visible as it\u2019s even more likely to appear as data grouping.<\/p>\n

Edward Tufte claims<\/a> that \u201cgood typography can always organize a table, no stripes needed.\u201d When working with large tables, however, I prefer to show my stripes, even if they are fat.
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