An innovative approach to visualizing software feature releases with embedded treemaps and calendar views
Our design evolution from version 1 to version 4
Initial design showing feature releases as bubbles on a calendar layout.
Enhanced calendar view with heat mapping to show release intensity.
Combined approach with calendar for temporal data and treemap for categories.
Advanced visualization with treemaps embedded directly on release days in a quarterly view.
Understanding the need for a better feature release visualization
Tracking the release and categorization of software features over time presents unique visualization challenges:
Features
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024Features
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024Features
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023Technical approach and key components
Built with JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, using XLSX.js for data processing and Lodash for utility functions.
Data loaded from Excel with fallback to sample data generation, processed to extract temporal and categorical patterns.
Built on established visualization techniques and academic research
"Cluster and Calendar-Based Visualization of Time Series Data" IEEE InfoVis
Demonstrates the effectiveness of calendar layouts for exposing temporal patterns
→ Inspired our calendar-based layout
"OpinionSeer: Interactive Visualization of Hotel Customer Feedback" IEEE TVCG
Demonstrates integration of temporal and categorical data in interactive visualization
→ Guided our approach to combining multiple data dimensions
"Temporal Data Visualization Technique Based on Treemap" IV
Validates combining treemap visualizations with a temporal hierarchy
→ Foundation for our embedded treemap approach
"DateLens: A Fisheye Calendar Interface for PDAs" ACM TOCHI
Highlights the usability and effectiveness of calendar-based interfaces
→ Informed our calendar design principles
"Ordered Small Multiple Treemaps for Visualizing Time-Varying Hierarchical Data" The Visual Computer
Supports consistent category layout over time for comparison across periods
→ Guided our implementation of consistent treemap layouts
Meet the people behind the visualization
Pattern identification, data exploration
Feature categorization, temporal analysis
Visualization research, literature review
Academic foundations, research integration
Core visualization concept, visual language
UI design, information hierarchy
Integration oversight, design direction
Prototype development, system architecture
Rendering engine, data pipeline
Interactive elements, user experience
Pattern recognition algorithms, data mining
Statistical component design, trend analysis
Summary visualizations, contextual statistics