Footnotes beat sparklines for committee afternoons

Sparklines seduce designers because they look modern. Committees reviewing mixed-use portfolios, however, often work from printed folios where tiny lines disappear.

Bench Harbor therefore pushes methodology into numbered footnotes tied to cohort definitions. Readers can challenge a definition without deciphering a micro-chart.

This decision costs us some social-media glamor. We accept that trade.

Teams who still need micro visuals can enable them per workspace; they are off by default for external reviewer shares.