[tor-dev] Feedback on recent Globe improvements

[Karsten Loesing]

On 01/04/14 22:12, Christian wrote:
> On 01.04.2014 09:56, Karsten Loesing wrote:
>>> Do you think it would be better to modify the graphs so all of them
>>> start/end at the same time? (There is a small offset because the first
>>> and last fields aren't always the same)
>>
>> I thought about this, but didn't bring it up yet, because it may not be
>> trivial to implement.
>>
>>
>> Idea #1: Does the graphing engine support defining the x axis limits
>> independent of displayed data points?  That is, can you draw a graph
>> like this (bad ASCII "art" ahead):
>>
>>               +-----------------------------------+
>>               |                                   |
>>               |                       -O          |
>>     O--       | --O------O--        --            |
>>        --     |-            --    --              |
>>          --O--|               --O-                |
>>               |                                   |
>>               +-----------------------------------+
>>            x_start                              x_end
>>
>> If so, I'd say try setting x_start to current system time minus whatever
>> period you're displaying and x_end to current system time.
>>
>> By doing so, you'll discard a few data points left to x_start, and
>> you'll leave some graph space empty between the last O and x_end.  But
>> you'll have graphs displaying exactly the promised time period, and
>> graphs for that period will be easier to compare.  I'd say that's a fine
>> compromise.
>>
>>
>> Idea #2: If the graphing engine does not support redefining x axis
>> limits, you'll need to do some tricks: if there's no data point for
>> x_start, compute this point as the average of the two data points before
>> and after x_start; also add a "null" value for x_end.
>>
>>
>> Idea #3: If you want to postpone implementing this, feel free to open a
>> ticket and paste our conversation there.  Especially if you'd have to
>> implement a workaround for the current graphing engine and re-implement
>> something else for Globe-node.  This is a nice feature and worth doing,
>> but it's not a blocker.
>>
> 
> I'm going to try solving this tomorrow. If nothing useful comes out of
> it I'll open an issue.

Sounds good.  Maybe, if you don't mind, let's move this discussion to a
ticket regardless.

>>> Next up I'll add some data for the left column. Is there anything
>>> special that should be visible there?
>>> If not I'm going to use the status.github idea and display average graph
>>> data there.
>>
>> Average graph data sounds good.  (If you're cutting off values left to
>> x_start as discussed above, be sure to exclude them from the average.)
>>
> 
> I updated the #11349 build with average data:
> 
> http://globe.rndm.de/canary/index-11349.html

Looks great!  I added some feedback to #11349.

Thanks!

All the best,
Karsten