I like the simplicity of the UI overall, but I'm always surprised when people go through the trouble to make certain interactions really fancy when the less fancy version would be both better for the user and easier to implement.
In this case, the little popover when I hover over a circle. As I move my mouse around the circle, the popover follows along on the perimeter of the circle, and I must hover over the (hopefully) tiny red piece to get the dropoff stats.
Given the small amount of data being shown in the popover, why not show me the stats for "continued" + "dropoff" in the same popover and just place it to the right of the circle? No fanciness needed, and it'd be more usable.
As I move my mouse around the circle, the popover follows along on the perimeter of the circle
Seconded, this is a terrible design. Scrap the popovers and just display those 4 figures right inside the circle. Save the eye-candy for where it doesn't get in the way.
Exactly. I shouldn't have to hover my mouse over everything to see all the data. Also those tick marks on the outer edge of the circle signify nothing. I thought perhaps the '6' visitors would be signified by 6 ticks... nope. And why does the dropoffs have to fade out? That just is confusing. It would be nice if the dots on the flowchart arrows were proportionally sized to the traffic flow.
It's like "mystery meat navigation" of statistics. If I care about statistics, I'm probably comfortable looking at a page full of numbers. Give them to me, don't make me hover everything.
I think that lately there has been too much emphasis on "beautiful". Don't get me wrong, I love beautiful, I'm just tired of reading variations on sentences with the word beautiful in them as a marketing shtick.
In this case, the little popover when I hover over a circle. As I move my mouse around the circle, the popover follows along on the perimeter of the circle, and I must hover over the (hopefully) tiny red piece to get the dropoff stats.
Given the small amount of data being shown in the popover, why not show me the stats for "continued" + "dropoff" in the same popover and just place it to the right of the circle? No fanciness needed, and it'd be more usable.