Quietly Scheming

[demo]: http://www.stretchmedia.ca/blog/index.cfm/2007/3/9/Flex-Chart-Range-Selector–Google-Financeish
[doug]: http://dougmccune.com/blog/
Check out Brendan’s [chart range selection sample][demo] that emulate’s google finance’s nice chart navigator. I love this example because

* it’s done mostly in MXML, with very little actionscript required
* it uses a component from the ever growing collection of excellent 3rd party community flex components
* it’s just so damn cool.

Great work, Brendan (and, by extension, [Doug][doug]).

I spend a lot of time on flexcoders helping people learn how to write custom extensions to the flex charting components. And while most of the time people are able to reach their goal, there is a steep learning curve they have to ascend first. So last week, in the middle of writing a typical reponse to a charting question, I had a thought on how we might make simple charting extensions easier in the next release.

Interested? Read about it, and see some examples, over here. Take a look, come on back and let me know what you think.

[post]: http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/charts/chart-drilldown-animations/

Interested in Flex? Data Visualization? Animation? Check this out.

[Animated Drilldown: Using animation to show relationship and context in Data Visualization.][post]

Take a look, then come back here and let me know what you think.

All the samples and demos on the site should now be updated to shipping Flex 2 / Player 9. If you find any links to the demos that are still broken, please let me know.

I haven’t updated all the individual source viewers yet. Instead, I’ve packed all the source and project files into a single zip file for download. I expect to Read the rest of this entry »

[SG]: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2006/04/02/business/20060402_SECTOR_GRAPHIC.html
[page]: http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/charts/interactive-bubble-chart/

Interested in building customized, interactive charts? A while back I spent a few hours trying to mimic the excellent [Sector Graphic][SG] chart from the New York Times Online. [See the demo and browse the source here.][page]