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Missing support for the canvas tag really isn't relevant when IE offers VML and others offer SVG. There are some okay cross browser charting libraries out there

by taitems 15y ago

Missing support for the canvas tag really isn't relevant when IE offers VML and others offer SVG. There are some okay cross browser charting libraries out there, Raphael etc. And then there are the absolute stunners such as Highcharts, which has been a pleasure to work with. For a technology-driven company to revamp aspects of their product whilst ignoring what is a widely held complaint, it just boggles the mind. I don't see how the decision to use Flash can be defended in this day and age, regardless of whether Metro IE10 drops support for Flash or not.

saurik 15y ago
"For a technology-driven company to revamp aspects of their product whilst ignoring what is a widely held complaint, it just boggles the mind." FWIW, you could just as easily hoist Apple with that particular petard.
- taitems 15y ago
  Apple at least pretends to be limited by technology, eg: battery life for Flash. It would take about 15 minutes to prototype it with a jQuery date selector and Highcharts supporting legacy desktop browsers and mobile devices alike. Nothing about it is remotely difficult. But if it's competition they fear (in an entirely different SBU), why not address the shortcomings that drive people to use Mint and other analytics services? I really can't believe I'm having this argument (and downvotes to boot). I've converted many Flash and Silverlight applications back to HTML5/JavaScript. I only ever really get stuck at File IO, which is irrelevant here. Maybe I should have taken that job offer at Google.
  - saurik 15y ago
    "...why not address the shortcomings that drive people to use Mint and other analytics services?" FWIW, the main selling point of Mint over Google Analytics is "up to the minute reporting" (or at least, it was, before Google "addressed" that particular shortcoming). As someone who used to find Analytics "only able to tell me stuff I wish I knew yesterday", I'm now super-excited to dive in.

by taitems 15y ago

saurik 15y ago

"For a technology-driven company to revamp aspects of their product whilst ignoring what is a widely held complaint, it just boggles the mind." FWIW, you could just as easily hoist Apple with that particular petard.

taitems 15y ago
Apple at least pretends to be limited by technology, eg: battery life for Flash. It would take about 15 minutes to prototype it with a jQuery date selector and Highcharts supporting legacy desktop browsers and mobile devices alike. Nothing about it is remotely difficult. But if it's competition they fear (in an entirely different SBU), why not address the shortcomings that drive people to use Mint and other analytics services? I really can't believe I'm having this argument (and downvotes to boot). I've converted many Flash and Silverlight applications back to HTML5/JavaScript. I only ever really get stuck at File IO, which is irrelevant here. Maybe I should have taken that job offer at Google.
- saurik 15y ago
  "...why not address the shortcomings that drive people to use Mint and other analytics services?" FWIW, the main selling point of Mint over Google Analytics is "up to the minute reporting" (or at least, it was, before Google "addressed" that particular shortcoming). As someone who used to find Analytics "only able to tell me stuff I wish I knew yesterday", I'm now super-excited to dive in.