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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Monitoring Client may need a new graphing engine
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:35:04 -0500
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On Dec 6, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Erik B. Craig wrote:

> All,
>
> Currently the monitoring client is using Dojo 0.4.3 charting, which  
> does not necessarily behave as expected on Firefox/Safari on a mac,  
> or on IE6 on Windows.
> I consider this to be a shortcoming, and given the new version of  
> Dojo available (1.0.1), began investigating migrating the monitoring  
> client over to the new version of Dojo, only to find that the new  
> version of dojo appears to be a significant rewrite of the old code  
> base, leaving out some features that I consider to be very visually  
> pleasing and important for statistics viewing. While rummaging  
> through the Dojo forums, I stumbled upon another Javascript graphing  
> framework called Timeplot, which is part of the SIMILE project at  
> MIT, and while this has it's own set of limitations... I'm trying to  
> figure out the lesser of three evils before it comes a time that  
> this monitoring plugin will be released, so that I have enough time  
> (read: 3-5 days) to migrate the javascript generation over to  
> something new if necessary.
>
> I have created a small demonstration page that shows all three  
> options graphed with the same data series, as well as weighing some  
> of the advantages/disadvantages I could come up with,
> Please have a look, and let me know your thoughts.
>
> http://people.apache.org/~ecraig/graphdemo/
>
> Personally, I think it would be really cool if we could use the  
> Timeplot graphing libraries, as it is all BSD licensed and therefore  
> friendly I believe (right, Kevan?)... and also EXTREMELY cool for  
> showing multiple data series in one chart.

I'll take a look at the license info for Timeplot.

However, if Timeplot doesn't work in IE, that's a severe disadvantage.  
Can you explain what doesn't work?

--kevan
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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Dec 6, 2007, =
at 9:29 PM, Erik B. Craig wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">All,<br><br>Currently the monitoring client is using Dojo =
0.4.3 charting, which does not necessarily behave as expected on =
Firefox/Safari on a mac, or on IE6 on Windows.<br>I consider this to be =
a shortcoming, and given the new version of Dojo available (1.0.1), =
began investigating migrating the monitoring client over to the new =
version of Dojo, only to find that the new version of dojo appears to be =
a significant rewrite of the old code base, leaving out some features =
that I consider to be very visually pleasing and important for =
statistics viewing. While rummaging through the Dojo forums, I stumbled =
upon another Javascript graphing framework called Timeplot, which is =
part of the SIMILE project at MIT, and while this has it's own set of =
limitations... I'm trying to figure out the lesser of three evils before =
it comes a time that this monitoring plugin will be released, so that I =
have enough time (read: 3-5 days) to migrate the javascript generation =
over to something new if necessary.<br><br>I have created a small =
demonstration page that shows all three options graphed with the same =
data series, as well as weighing some of the advantages/disadvantages I =
could come up with,<br>Please have a look, and let me know your =
thoughts.<br><br><a =
href=3D"http://people.apache.org/~ecraig/graphdemo/">http://people.apache.=
org/~ecraig/graphdemo/</a><br><br>Personally, I think it would be really =
cool if we could use the Timeplot graphing libraries, as it is all BSD =
licensed and therefore friendly I believe (right, Kevan?)... and also =
EXTREMELY cool for showing multiple data series in one =
chart.<br></blockquote></div><br><div>I'll take a look at the license =
info for Timeplot.</div><div><br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>However, if Timeplot =
doesn't work in IE, that's a severe disadvantage. Can you explain what =
doesn't work?</div><div><br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>--kevan</div></body></html>=

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