I was looking at some famous analytics or dashboards like Intercom, Google Analytics or Facebook Analytics and I noticed that none of them are optimized for mobile devices.
Are there any practical reasons that I'm not aware of?
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Sign up to join this communityI was looking at some famous analytics or dashboards like Intercom, Google Analytics or Facebook Analytics and I noticed that none of them are optimized for mobile devices.
Are there any practical reasons that I'm not aware of?
I think there are a couple of reasons for this:
There may be other reasons but I think big data and business intelligence have not yet moved into a phase where the emphasis is on data presentation and decision making rather than aesthetics. If you look at the scientific field where they have been working with very large/complex datasets for a long time already you'll see many examples of elegant presentation of information for specific or specialized purposes.
As a former scientist now working in UX design, I am still waiting for IT companies to catch up...