RFC: Statistics in Subsurface

[Dirk Hohndel]

> On May 12, 2020, at 6:38 PM, Hartley Horwitz via subsurface <subsurface at subsurface-divelog.org> wrote:
> > Here's a crazy idea how this could look for example:
> > 
> > The filters are built incrementally, with a drop down menu that allows you
> > to add criteria or constraints. Like date range, tags, people, etc
> > 
> 
> I really like the idea of building the filters incrementally.  This style of user interface is showing up in other tools I use, so I think it will feel familiar.   I also believe most people filter on just one thing most of the time, then occasionally go for more complex filters with many criteria.  At least that's my pattern of use. 

I completely agree with that. Which would make this incremental setup neat.

> > once the user picks one, that is added to the list and can be populated.
> > In the example the user first added 'date' and then 'tags'.
> > The tags one shows the idea of having additional options (all/any/none and
> > substr/starts/exact, just like we have today). Using font size and font
> > color to make this seem less cluttered.
> 
> Later on, Dirk is asking questions about visualization of the stats.  That's a tough one.  I"m not convinced we're a good judge of the average user.  For example, the box & wiskers plots are something I deal with at work, so they are very familiar and compact.  That said, some of my colleagues look at those things blankly, especially when the distributions are non gaussian.   I don't know how to satisfy all, but I think good filtering and simple min/mean/max are already valuable.

So here you mention min/mean/max - so something like the second graph I posted?
Or more like this?


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