Comments on: Flot: What’s the point!? http://www.thisthatandthecode.com/2008/03/20/jquery-graph-plugin-sweet/ A Techie Blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:19:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Lau http://www.thisthatandthecode.com/2008/03/20/jquery-graph-plugin-sweet/#comment-27 Lau Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:52:16 +0000 http://www.thisthatandthecode.com/2008/03/20/jquery-graph-plugin-sweet/#comment-27 I'm one of the iola guys behind it, so I might be a bit biased. But the main thing about using Javascript compared to Flash is that there are a lot more people/developers with Javascript skills than with Flash skills. So what we are trying to to is make graphing easier and more accessible for your average web developers, thus using a language many know. Besides that I would claim that Flot is a lot easier to extend that a Flash app, but that just my point of view. I’m one of the iola guys behind it, so I might be a bit biased. But the main thing about using Javascript compared to Flash is that there are a lot more people/developers with Javascript skills than with Flash skills. So what we are trying to to is make graphing easier and more accessible for your average web developers, thus using a language many know.

Besides that I would claim that Flot is a lot easier to extend that a Flash app, but that just my point of view.

]]> By: monk.e.boy http://www.thisthatandthecode.com/2008/03/20/jquery-graph-plugin-sweet/#comment-25 monk.e.boy Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:17:11 +0000 http://www.thisthatandthecode.com/2008/03/20/jquery-graph-plugin-sweet/#comment-25 Well, I guess the real problem is that the flash player is not open source (and until recently the Linux player was crap) But I expect Adobe will open source it soon. Why not? Thanks for the nice plug :-) monk.e.boy Well, I guess the real problem is that the flash player is not open source (and until recently the Linux player was crap)

But I expect Adobe will open source it soon. Why not?

Thanks for the nice plug :-)

monk.e.boy

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