show mobile vs. desktop percentage

[cydharrell]

this is a key metric that cities need to see as they decide how to serve residents; ideally show both as two lines on the traffic graph

[milafrerichs]

I tried both line chart and area chart.
And as stacked and non-stacked.
Here is a first result:

They both have their problems.
I'm more in favor of the area stacked chart or any sort of stacked chart, so we can see the overall usage and the difference between mobile and desktop usage.
But I think we should narrow down the detail. (we now habe every other minute!!). I think every hour should be feasible enough.
As an example (from http://analytics.phila.gov)

[milafrerichs]

This is what it looks like if we had every hour

and every other hour

[migurski]

Looks good! A few notes from the phone call:

• The area charts look a little bit like they’re stack behind one another, let’s try a stacked bar chart instead.
• Hourly looks much better than every minute. How would 15 minute increments look?
• Two similar colors for mobile and web might continue to communicate overall traffic.

[milafrerichs]

I choose two types of blue to reflect the CfA CI.
every 30 minutes would look like this:

(this one uses fake data)

hourly like that:

(this one real data)

[migurski]

👍! Per today’s phone call, you’ll be working on a design for the top of the dashboard using these charts. We’re going to go with the current black background, and categorize visitors into desktop vs. not-desktop.