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Microsoft Applies For Patent On Tufte's Sparklines
jenkin sear writes "Data visualization guru Edward Tufte developed Sparklines, a great way to display condensed data as an inline graphic. Excel's new version has incorporated the design element — and Microsoft has applied for a patent on them — without so much as a by-your-leave from Tufte."
It is very obvious that Microsoft has never payed much attention to design concepts, especially user interface design concepts.
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Does having a witty signature really indicate normality?
fuck you in the neck.
Only works if OP has had his larynx removed.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
They should patent Tourette instead, so maybe the rest of the world stop getting its symptoms every time they make a move.
Why not? I've got pictures of your mother doing it last night.
And, of course, you've provided no less than four paragraphs advertising your expertise, and not one single statement about the actual validity of the patent. You must be _amazing_ at preparing defense witnesses for testimony: answering the question without providing the information someone was really looking for is, in fact, an art form which you've just demonstrated quite well.
I think you will find I have prior art on this with a patent I filed entitled: "The use of the neck as a penis warmer"
New Patent! Sparklines ***on the internet***!
I'll make BILLIONS!
Especially since that patent would screw over Office documents like excel with a sparkline being saved as a HTML page...
For my next patent, "Sparklines ***In Open Office***!!!" I tells ya, the opportunities here are endless!