Comments on: The Quest for the Perfect Online Charting Tool

By: IT|Redux

IT|Redux — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:43:36 +0000

[…] A couple of weeks ago, I described how to use Zoho Sheet alongside Dabble DB in order to generate charts that can be dynamically embedded into any web page. Well, it turns out that I was not the only one interested by such a features, and the good folks at Dabble DB just released support for charts and maps. […]

By: Dabble DB

Dabble DB — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:05:15 +0000

[…] While we’ve had support for numeric, money and date/time types in Dabble for a long time, we haven’t really fulfilled our deep data potential when it comes to presenting the data in useful ways. In fact, the other new feature announcement today is long overdue (and some people haven’t waited around for us). […]

By: Ismael Ghalimi

Ismael Ghalimi — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:12:17 +0000

Garman,

You’re right, Zoho needs more types of diagrams. They’re working on it.

Best regards
-Ismael

By: Garman

Garman — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:36:37 +0000

Hello All,

I love this idea. Real time updating of visual charts. I remember wanting online spreadsheets years ago, and there were very few available. Today, there is are multiple options. Now ,I face the same situation with real time charting, and it seems Zoho & Editgrid are the few. However, is it just me, or what you describe in your post is kind of old hat compared to some of the solutions I found on HotScripts.com, like Flash Charts Pro, Swiss Chart, or Fusion Charts?

By: Ismael Ghalimi

Ismael Ghalimi — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:19:17 +0000

Tony,

Thanks for sharing the link to EditGrid. Very cool indeed!

Best regards
-Ismael

By: Ismael Ghalimi

Ismael Ghalimi — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:48:26 +0000

Dbai,

I think that you can embed multiple data sources from a single Zoho Sheet spreadsheet today, which would give you the ability to develop the kind of mashups you’re talking about as long as your data sources provide the right kind of feed (CVS).

Best regards
-Ismael

By: Ismael Ghalimi

Ismael Ghalimi — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:47:11 +0000

Sridhar,

Thanks, we’re pretty happy with the growth rate indeed…

Best regards
-Ismael

By: Office 2.0

Office 2.0 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:56:25 +0000

[…] Original post by Ismael Ghalimi and posted by Mark Bean […]

By: Dbai

Dbai — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:32:54 +0000

Cool!

How about providing functions for meshing sources like Wufoo or Quimble?

By: Tony Sung

Tony Sung — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:41:44 +0000

You may wamt to check EditGrid as well. It has the same ‘Link External Data’ function, while providing far more chart types (about 30 chart types). See an example here. Of course, you can get a permalink for any chart, and post it to your Web articles.

By: Somewhat Frank

Somewhat Frank — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:22:46 +0000

[…] Do you obsess about data? If so, Swivel might be able to help feed your obsession as it lets you explore, compare, share and upload data and graphs about politics, economics, weather, sports, business and beyond. […]

By: Sridhar Vembu

Sridhar Vembu — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:13:10 +0000

Ismael,

Thanks for the post, and glad to be of help.

That is one nicely growing community — congratulations!

-Sridhar

By: Ismael Ghalimi

Ismael Ghalimi — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:13:12 +0000

Brian,

Thanks for the heads up! I would really like to see such features becoming available. I love the look and feel of your diagrams, and the ability to mesh multiple diagrams together for data analysis purposes is very appealing. Please keep me posted!

Best regards
-Ismael

By: Brian Mulloy

Brian Mulloy — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:06:40 +0000

This is a really cool solution, Ismael. By the way, you’ll also see updating capability and APIs rolling out from us over here at Swivel.

Brian Mulloy
CEO & Cofounder
http://www.swivel.com