Comments on: A chart that justifies all the RIA hype (again) http://www.heikniemi.net/hardcoded/2009/08/a-chart-that-justifies-all-the-ria-hype-again/ Jouni Heikniemi's IT adventures Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Heikniemi Hardcoded » Silverlight and Bing Maps: Good or bad for the web? http://www.heikniemi.net/hardcoded/2009/08/a-chart-that-justifies-all-the-ria-hype-again/comment-page-1/#comment-11750 Heikniemi Hardcoded » Silverlight and Bing Maps: Good or bad for the web? Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:15:32 +0000 http://www.heikniemi.net/hardcoded/2009/08/a-chart-that-justifies-all-the-ria-hype-again/#comment-11750 [...] the HTML 5 canvas element is another valid stab at removing the need for plug-ins – things like animated charts may well be powered by the pure browser in the [...] [...] the HTML 5 canvas element is another valid stab at removing the need for plug-ins – things like animated charts may well be powered by the pure browser in the [...]

]]> By: Aki Björklund http://www.heikniemi.net/hardcoded/2009/08/a-chart-that-justifies-all-the-ria-hype-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Aki Björklund Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:52:32 +0000 http://www.heikniemi.net/hardcoded/2009/08/a-chart-that-justifies-all-the-ria-hype-again/#comment-1541 That chart is also totally doable with open technologies (canvas or SVG & JavaScript). Arguably Flash and Silverlight have better tools and probably will for a long time. In any case, building interactive charts and other visualizations is both expensive and time-consuming. Excluding video for a while there is not <em>that</em> much of a use for proprietary plugins. That chart is also totally doable with open technologies (canvas or SVG & JavaScript).

Arguably Flash and Silverlight have better tools and probably will for a long time. In any case, building interactive charts and other visualizations is both expensive and time-consuming. Excluding video for a while there is not that much of a use for proprietary plugins.

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