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Downloads chart: Dots should not be connected

The downloads chart shows the download count of each month as points and connects them with lines.

This connection is wrong, because it implies a seamless transition between the dots in the time slice between.

Example:

  • 2018-11: 100 Downloads
  • 2018-12: 50 Downloads

The line between the 100 and the 50 indicates that at the half point between 2018-11 and 2018-12, there were 75 downloads. And at the point 3/4 2018-11 and 2018-12 there were around 62 downloads.

Since the download counts are only points in time, they should be displayed as such, and not as connected dots. Alternatively, a bar chart would also work (for short time frames)

Edited by Christian Weiske