[open-energy] energy.publicdata.eu in flash or javascript

[Gregor Aisch]

Again, the big issue is the Internet Explorer. I think ProtoVis has
simply dropped the IE support from the beginning.


Am 18.02.2011 12:15, schrieb Uli Schöberl:
> Hi,
>
> there is a already well developed js/canvas based Visualisation
> Library which developed out of the Flash based Flare Lib
> (http://flare.prefuse.org/),
> it's called protovis: http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/
>
> it also features an example for our Dorling
> Cartograms: http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/ex/cartogram.html
>
> But, I'm also still sceptical about browser compatability, stability
> and 'smoothness', as the graph we aimed for should not just visualise
> but also engage, and the timeframe was very tight on this one.
>
> Think its worth trying out the next time, and if doing flash we should
> provide some kind of noflash version, maybe even static screenshots of
> a few main states of the visualisation.
>
> best
> Uli
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Jonathan Gray
> <jonathan.gray at okfn.org <mailto:jonathan.gray at okfn.org>> wrote:
>
>     To respond to Julian's question 'why Flash?': I think the short answer
>     is that we've got our eyes on Javascript and other more open
>     technologies, but for now we've found that they are still not so good
>     for (i) cross browser compatibility and (ii) too much movement. For
>     some JS experiments related to our 'Where Does My Money Go?' project,
>     please see:
>
>     http://rufuspollock.org/wdmmg/explorer.html
>
>     All the best,
>
>     Jonathan
>
>     On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Jonathan Gray
>     <jonathan.gray at okfn.org <mailto:jonathan.gray at okfn.org>> wrote:
>     > From Julian Todd of ScraperWiki...
>     >
>     >
>     > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     >
>     > Jonathan,
>     >
>     > I think this example [click the "Go" button - you can also click and
>     > drag the blobs]:
>     >    http://scraperwikiviews.com/run/outer_space_objects_view/?
>     >
>     > --  shows that you could have used javascript instead of flash to do
>     > your energy.publicdata.eu <http://energy.publicdata.eu> website.
>     >
>     > Is there any reason it was done in flash?
>     >
>     > My code is here:
>      http://scraperwiki.com/views/outer_space_objects_view/edit/
>     >
>     > Julian.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > --
>     > Jonathan Gray
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>
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