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Re: Chart.js is back online

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Apparently, it was a misunderstanding on his part. "I misunderstood some issues I wrote about earlier today. Chart.js is now back online and available under MIT. http://www.chartjs.org ." - https://twitter.com/_nnnick/status/314049798502248448

I really don't see how someone can misunderstand this. You either can do it or you can't.

Well, what it means is he thought that he couldn't, but then he found out that his understanding was wrong, and he actually could.

Re: Chart.js is back online

#42
post #38

Welcome back. Nick, if you want it to be really successful, add a little bit of interactivity, at least labels to pie/doughnut charts and hover values on line charts. Then it's perfect.

The project mentions that this was an intentional design decision. The graph's are written to a canvas element, which means a low memory footprint and the ability to save graphs as images. I believe they'd need to switch over to using SVG elements for graphs if there are plans to add DOM events to chart elements.

Re: Chart.js is back online

#43
post #26

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I gather the author is UK based and working for a UK company. I imagine 'misunderstand' might be a polite way of saying 'we realised that our decision has caused a lot of negative publicity and we are changing our mind'. That is how it works in organisations I have worked for in the past. Or then again, the author could literally have mistaken what the manager said.

That seems less of a polite way of saying, and more like a butt-covering lie. Am I supposed to understand from 'misunderstand' that the company might be climbing down from a stupid mistake it made, or actually be misled?

In some societies, a "butt-covering lie" is politeness.

Re: Chart.js is back online

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post #42
post #38

Welcome back. Nick, if you want it to be really successful, add a little bit of interactivity, at least labels to pie/doughnut charts and hover values on line charts. Then it's perfect.

The project mentions that this was an intentional design decision. The graph's are written to a canvas element, which means a low memory footprint and the ability to save graphs as images. I believe they'd need to switch over to using SVG elements for graphs if there are plans to add DOM events to chart elements.

Canvas can be used for labels and interactivity too: http://chartbeat.com/publishing/demo/

Re: Chart.js is back online

#45

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I really don't see how someone can misunderstand this. You either can do it or you can't.

I gather the author is UK based and working for a UK company. I imagine 'misunderstand' might be a polite way of saying 'we realised that our decision has caused a lot of negative publicity and we are changing our mind'. That is how it works in organisations I have worked for in the past. Or then again, the author could literally have mistaken what the manager said.

I read that might as dripping with sarcasm... it's highly unlikely he would have taken it down if they hadn't flipped the bitch switch and now that the internet militia is tracking them down they flipped it all the way to nice.

Re: Chart.js is back online

#46
post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I gather the author is UK based and working for a UK company. I imagine 'misunderstand' might be a polite way of saying 'we realised that our decision has caused a lot of negative publicity and we are changing our mind'. That is how it works in organisations I have worked for in the past. Or then again, the author could literally have mistaken what the manager said.

That seems less of a polite way of saying, and more like a butt-covering lie. Am I supposed to understand from 'misunderstand' that the company might be climbing down from a stupid mistake it made, or actually be misled?

> Am I supposed to understand from 'misunderstand' that the company might be climbing down from a stupid mistake it made, or actually be misled?

No, and you are not supposed to be able to understand. Otherwise being polite and claiming to have misunderstood something wouldn’t make any sense, as it would be equivalent to blaming the company directly.

Re: Chart.js is back online

#47
awesome congrats!

This looks like a solid library, I like widgets that are initialized and configured with JSON. I've used highcharts in the past, I'll check it out next time I need to do some charting...

Re: Chart.js is back online

#48
post #42
post #38

Welcome back. Nick, if you want it to be really successful, add a little bit of interactivity, at least labels to pie/doughnut charts and hover values on line charts. Then it's perfect.

The project mentions that this was an intentional design decision. The graph's are written to a canvas element, which means a low memory footprint and the ability to save graphs as images. I believe they'd need to switch over to using SVG elements for graphs if there are plans to add DOM events to chart elements.

Clicks and hovers can be done on canvas, using hack that renders on second (invisible) canvas each object with its own, constant color and then checking color of the pixel at coordinates of cursor. It would probably need some kind of scene abstraction though.

Re: Chart.js is back online

#49
post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I gather the author is UK based and working for a UK company. I imagine 'misunderstand' might be a polite way of saying 'we realised that our decision has caused a lot of negative publicity and we are changing our mind'. That is how it works in organisations I have worked for in the past. Or then again, the author could literally have mistaken what the manager said.

That seems less of a polite way of saying, and more like a butt-covering lie. Am I supposed to understand from 'misunderstand' that the company might be climbing down from a stupid mistake it made, or actually be misled?

It's not necessarily any of your business. The code is back, why do you need to know the full and whole truth about his dealings with his employer? And what's wrong with letting someone save a bit of face when they came out on the right end of something after all?

Re: Chart.js is back online

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I really don't see how someone can misunderstand this. You either can do it or you can't.

I gather the author is UK based and working for a UK company. I imagine 'misunderstand' might be a polite way of saying 'we realised that our decision has caused a lot of negative publicity and we are changing our mind'. That is how it works in organisations I have worked for in the past. Or then again, the author could literally have mistaken what the manager said.

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