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Chartist – Simple responsive charts

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Re: Chartist – Simple responsive charts

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Post by Kiro »

blueside wrote: post #25

As somebody who has worked a lot with many javascript charting libraries over the years, one important lesson we have learned is to "never roll your own charting library" and accept the feature set of the library. Too much customization will lead you down a windy path that can lead to nowhere. Pick your library first and keep that library's limitations in mind during the design process to save yourself a world of hur…

Sounds like a nice business opportunity: a chart library that is as easy to use as it is to customize.

Re: Chartist – Simple responsive charts

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Post by Fastidious »

atmosx wrote: post #27
Fastidious wrote: post #19

This website is using SVG graphics, very nicely. Is there a tool (GUI) that does that? Is it an export from a program like Illustrator, or is there something easier --and cheaper-- to do this?

XaraXtreme - http://www.xaraxtreme.org/ InkScape - http://www.inkscape.org/en/ Karbon - https://userbase.kde.org/Karbon

Thank you.

Re: Chartist – Simple responsive charts

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Post by [deleted] »

Kiro wrote: post #31
blueside wrote: post #25

As somebody who has worked a lot with many javascript charting libraries over the years, one important lesson we have learned is to "never roll your own charting library" and accept the feature set of the library. Too much customization will lead you down a windy path that can lead to nowhere. Pick your library first and keep that library's limitations in mind during the design process to save yourself a world of hur…

Sounds like a nice business opportunity: a chart library that is as easy to use as it is to customize.

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Re: Chartist – Simple responsive charts

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Post by eric_bullington »

RobotCaleb wrote: post #26

I rarely have a need to display static charts. My common use when I reach for a chart is to display live streaming data. Usually doing so involves accessing a points list directly and managing the addition/deletion/updating myself. Is there any chart system that is made with live updating in mind?

Yes, rickshaw.js: http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/

And it's built on top of d3, so the possibilities for customization are almost limitless (as another commenter has said).

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Post by ehm_may »

RobotCaleb wrote: post #26

I rarely have a need to display static charts. My common use when I reach for a chart is to display live streaming data. Usually doing so involves accessing a points list directly and managing the addition/deletion/updating myself. Is there any chart system that is made with live updating in mind?

http://fastly.github.io/epoch/ is built for real-time streaming data. It also uses d3

Re: Chartist – Simple responsive charts

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Post by tagawa »

Given that this doesn't work on Android 2.* stock browser (and I assume IE8), it would be good to see some kind of fallback - preferably canvas and if that's not supported then a table of the raw data, which would be better than the current blank space.

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Post by ErikRogneby »

nkozyra wrote: post #29
ErikRogneby wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I think responsive it's in a mobile first paradigm. There is no hover on mobile.

There is no hover on mobile, but in this context, touch/press works as an analog for hover. In other words, you want more information/detail on a particular data point, on desktop you hover, on mobile you press.

which is essentially on click. You don't want the details to only show up while your big fat index finger is in the way.

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Post by ErikRogneby »

csallen wrote: post #24
ErikRogneby wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I think responsive it's in a mobile first paradigm. There is no hover on mobile.

True, but "mobile first" is not "mobile only". The point of responsive design is for things to work well on multiple platforms, not just one.

correct. So why not use a multi-platform interaction like on click?

Re: Chartist – Simple responsive charts

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Post by miralabs »

tagawa wrote: post #36

Given that this doesn't work on Android 2.* stock browser (and I assume IE8), it would be good to see some kind of fallback - preferably canvas and if that's not supported then a table of the raw data, which would be better than the current blank space.

I bet that not supporting those are intended. I don't get why there is always this need to support old tech. Can't we not just move forward?

Re: Chartist – Simple responsive charts

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Post by genericacct »

miralabs wrote: post #39
tagawa wrote: post #36

Given that this doesn't work on Android 2.* stock browser (and I assume IE8), it would be good to see some kind of fallback - preferably canvas and if that's not supported then a table of the raw data, which would be better than the current blank space.

I bet that not supporting those are intended. I don't get why there is always this need to support old tech. Can't we not just move forward?

Both my android devices run 2.3 and I'm using highcharts without problems on both. Which is why I won't probably be using this.
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