Thoughts

raphael-js-logo-embracing-javascriptIn this series of blog posts titled ‘Embracing Raphaël’, we’re taking you behind the scenes, giving you a glimpse of the nuts and bolts that power FusionCharts products, sharing our perspective on the technological shift that’s happened in the data visualization industry over the past few years, and how it’s influenced our products.

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It all began in 2002 when our CEO, all of 17-years then, was fed up of *boring* charts in Excel. This, alongside an opportunity to tap into the lack of interactive charting solutions on the web and rake in decent pocket money set the ball in motion. He figured out an innovative way using Macromedia Flash (back then) to make charts interactive and fun, published that as an article and the rest as they say is “HISTORY”.
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Behind the scenes of our shiny new product tour

July 5, 2011 Thoughts
Behind the scenes of our shiny new product tour

Creating the product tour was a long journey but we are very proud of what we have come up with. In this post, you will be taken through this complete journey and talk about all the phases involved in great details – inspiration, conceptualization, content structure, design, development and the usability aspects we worked on throughout. We will also talk about all the challenges we faced and how we overcame them to finally develop the product tour.

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Good looks – More than just eye candy

February 15, 2011 Thoughts
Good looks – More than just eye candy

I like talking to our customers whenever I get a chance, over phone or at the expos we exhibit at. I try to understand how they are using FusionCharts and how they see their charting requirements evolving. And at the end of these conversations I typically end up asking – So what made you choose FusionCharts? Nine times out of ten, pat comes the answer – It looks great!…

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