usability

We like talking to our customers. Over email, phone calls and face-to-face meetings at tradeshows, we discuss how they are using FusionCharts, the problems they are facing and new capabilities they would like to see added to it. They are generous with their feedback and often have nice words to say about us. Over the last couple of quarters, we noticed something interesting. Shocking, actually. A lot of our customers were asking for features that were already there in the product. At times, they sent us 4-5 feature requests only to know that all of them were there already. And then we thought to ourselves – if our customers don’t know everything they can do with the product after they have paid money to buy a license, what about the first-time visitors? What about people who are just looking around trying to find a charting component to meet their requirements? Even though we have a vast product literature with real-life demos, chart galleries, extensive documentation and more, something was missing. What we didn’t have was something that covered FusionCharts in an all-round manner. Something that talked about everything FusionCharts can do. And that’s when we decided to create our shining new product tour.

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In a previous post, we had discussed how to increase the usability of your charts instantly using some simple tips. In this post, I will discuss some lesser-known tips that can enhance the usability of your charts further and help make more sense out of the data plotted on them.

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5 tips to increase the usability of your charts instantly

March 8, 2011 Charting Guidelines
5 tips to increase the usability of your charts instantly

Usability is a term thrown around a lot these days. And not without good reason. People are getting busier and busier. If they cannot find exactly what they are looking for within seconds, it doesn’t exist for them…no matter whether they are searching for a product on the web, a feature in a tool or information on a website. So in this day and age, your charts just doing the…

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FusionCharts Free website: Now chic-and-span

August 19, 2009 News & Announcements
FusionCharts Free website: Now chic-and-span

Everything needs a makeover – and the latest in line was the FusionCharts Free website. Over a period of 3 weeks, we have made it chic-and-span. But why the change?

The web team has cited many technical reasons to justify the change, but the content team speculates that the web team had nothing better to do. On a more serious note, we felt that the website had collected a…

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