During a conversation on Twitter, Knight Foundation's Shazna Resna said that she likes scrolling when using a mobile device and step-by-step graphics when on a computer. I agree with that, but we're moving toward a mobile-first world —if we're not there already,— aren't we? And scrollable visualizations can be done really well; here's some advice from Mike Bostock.
Anyway, this debate reminded me of this monster of an infographic (Flash warning! This won't work on an Apple tablet or phone!) that I designed in 2003. I'm still fond of the 3D models and the vector animations, but I certainly don't think that it's a good idea to make people click more than 50 times to get to the end of the presentation!
We all have a past, I guess. Here you have some screenshots of that awful thing:
