3 points & a question

Tufte:
• Statistical graphics should help people to understand the information being presented. They should not be decorated or contain any chartjunk that detracts from the presentation of the facts.
• Dark gridlines are chartjunk. They should be removed all together or softened so that they are not in competition with the data being presented.

Laurel:
• In creating an interface, the designer must consider what the user will do with the interface and what he expects to accomplish through it. This point is very similar the point that Flower makes about functional documents with her suggestion of the scenario principle in making them more useful to the reader.

Question: How might three-dimensional interfaces fit into Laurel’s comparison between computers and theater?