Charts

Congratulations To The Winners Of Visifire Charting Tools

Posted by AN Jay

at October 11, 2011

Thanks to all of the participants of contest in which Visifire – Windows Phone 7 (WP7) Charting Tools were givingaway. We ran the MySQL random query and selected these comments to give them Visifire.

Winners of Visifire Charting Tools

Affan Ruslan
Zee Patel
Peter
Deep
Dorothy

Visifire is a set of data visualization controls – powered by Microsoft®Silverlight™ & WPF. Visifire is a multi-targeting control which can be used in both WPF & Silverlight applications. Use the same API to create charts & gauges in Mobile, Web & Desktop environments. Visifire Silverlight Controls can also be embedded in any webpage as a standalone Silverlight App. Visifire is independent of server side technology. It can be used with ASP, ASP.Net, SharePoint, PHP, JSP, ColdFusion, Python, Ruby or just simple HTML. You can visit Visifire Gallery or design your own chart or gauge using Chart/Gauge Designer.

Both Silverlight Controls and WPF Controls have the same API which allows you to target multiple platforms without worrying about code portability.

Visually Stunning Animated Charts & Gauges
- Creates cool Silverlight™ & WPF Charts / Gauges within minutes.
Single API for both Silverlight™ & WPF
- Visifire is multi-targeting control.
- Knowing a single API will suffice to draw charts & gauges in both Silverlight™ & WPF.
Embed into Desktop, Web or Mobile Applications
- Desktop Applications (WPF).
- Web Applications (Silverlight™ or WPF Browser Apps).
- Mobile Applications (Windows Phone 7 Series).
Compatible with Microsoft^® Expression^®Blend™
- All Visifire charts & gauges are editable in Blend™. Hence, users are free to design charts & gauges of their choice with adeptness of Blend™.
Real time Charts & Gauges / Live Update
- All properties of Visifire Charts & Gauges can be updated in real time using Managed Code (Dot Net) or Javascript.
Independent of server side technology
- Visifire can be used with ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, JSP, Coldfusion, Python, Ruby or just simple HTML.
Enterprise grade features
- Premium Support
- Hotfixes / Emergency Patches
Power Features
- Supports Interactivity
- Has Elegant Animations
- Scrollable Charts
- Theming and Styling
- Animated Updates
- Zooming
- Data Binding
- Logarithmic Axis
Supports Wide Range of Charts
- Column Charts
- Line Charts
- Area Charts
- Pie Charts
- Bar Charts
- CandleStick Charts
- Stock Charts
- Funnel Charts
- Step Line Charts
- Doughnut Charts
- Radar Charts
- Polar Charts
- Pyramid Charts
- Spline Charts
- Stacked Charts
- Bubble Charts
- Scatter Charts
- Combination Charts
Supports Different Types of Gauges
- Circular Gauge
- Linear Gauge

Thanks to Visifire for sponsoring this wonderful contest at Smashing Apps.

If you want to conduct any contest at Smashing Apps just contact us and send us all the details.

Announcement, Charts, contest

Visifire – Windows Phone 7 (WP7) Charting Tools Giveaway

Posted by AN Jay

at September 19, 2011

24 Comments →

Visifire is running a contest, where 5 winners will get the single Developer License with Premium Support worth USD 499 each. Well, you guys know what is Visifire? Let’s say it once again for n00bs.

Both Silverlight Controls and WPF Controls have the same API which allows you to target multiple platforms without worrying about code portability.

Visually Stunning Animated Charts & Gauges
- Creates cool Silverlight™ & WPF Charts / Gauges within minutes.
Single API for both Silverlight™ & WPF
- Visifire is multi-targeting control.
- Knowing a single API will suffice to draw charts & gauges in both Silverlight™ & WPF.
Embed into Desktop, Web or Mobile Applications
- Desktop Applications (WPF).
- Web Applications (Silverlight™ or WPF Browser Apps).
- Mobile Applications (Windows Phone 7 Series).
Compatible with Microsoft^® Expression^®Blend™
- All Visifire charts & gauges are editable in Blend™. Hence, users are free to design charts & gauges of their choice with adeptness of Blend™.
Real time Charts & Gauges / Live Update
- All properties of Visifire Charts & Gauges can be updated in real time using Managed Code (Dot Net) or Javascript.
Independent of server side technology
- Visifire can be used with ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, JSP, Coldfusion, Python, Ruby or just simple HTML.
Enterprise grade features
- Premium Support
- Hotfixes / Emergency Patches
Power Features
- Supports Interactivity
- Has Elegant Animations
- Scrollable Charts
- Theming and Styling
- Animated Updates
- Zooming
- Data Binding
- Logarithmic Axis
Supports Wide Range of Charts
- Column Charts
- Line Charts
- Area Charts
- Pie Charts
- Bar Charts
- CandleStick Charts
- Stock Charts
- Funnel Charts
- Step Line Charts
- Doughnut Charts
- Radar Charts
- Polar Charts
- Pyramid Charts
- Spline Charts
- Stacked Charts
- Bubble Charts
- Scatter Charts
- Combination Charts
Supports Different Types of Gauges
- Circular Gauge
- Linear Gauge

This contest will run from September 19, 2011 to September 25, 2011 and we will select the winners randomly by running MySQL query. Result can be announced any day before September 30, 2011 so keep visiting here or subscribe to our rss feed to get the latest updates. To participate in the contest and win Developer License of Visifire, All you have to do is :

1. Just leave a comment.

2. Use valid email ID in the email box.

3. Make sure that you are following @Visifire and @SmashingApps on twitter and subscribe our rss feed to track this contest and for future updates.

4. And that’s it!

So, what are you waiting for now? Let’s participate in the contest and good luck!

Charts, contest

45+ Free Online Tools To Create Charts, Diagrams And Flowcharts

Posted by maquil

at August 26, 2011

39 Comments →

Charts and graphs are the best ways to represent information and relationship between two interlinked entities. Not only do charts and graphs inform visitors about the trend or relationship you want to show them but also add a visual connection with the visitors.

Several online tools are available that help you create comprehensively designed flowcharts and graphs that worth a thousands words. Check them out and let us know what you feel about these tools.

Barchart

Create barchart online tool piechart graph without applet bar graph creation make a bar graph image for your report- create make save for free chart freechart data input chart

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Excellent Mockup And Wireframing (9) Web Apps Which You Would Love To Know

Posted by Mfaisal

at September 2, 2010

17 Comments →

A wireframe or mockup tool is a must have tool for every web designer and developer. These tools have their importance in web designing and development world. It is good to use them because it saves your time and efforts, a mockup or wireframe can give you the whole idea about how your web will look and work. Combination of your own creativity and client’s requirement into a blank canvas, allows you to effectively plan the visual arrangements of the site’s contents. Well, a good and reliable wireframing application will cost you for sure and cost can starts from 150$ to 5000$. So, are you going to buy or what? and I definitely heard a big NO out there. So, my friends here comes the solution to the problem, I am listing some good web apps and tools for you in my article and you can use these mockup and wireframe apps and tools for FREE.

You are welcome if you want to share more useful web apps that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at smashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter and follow us on Google Buzz as well.

MockFlow

MockFlow helps to design interactive UI mockups for Desktop Software, Rich Internet Apps and Web sites. MockFlow is Hybrid, so you can design seamlessly from anywhere & even with No net-connection. You can get your visual concept ready in minutes, it is faster than drawing/coding wireframes, you can share your UI design with your clients, team chat, track project activities and you can export your Mockup to image, PDF or PowerPoint Presentation.

Jumpchart

Jumpstart is a simple online collaborative wireframe designed to make planing websites simple, fast and more efficient. With a Jumpchart preview, -clients just get it and it’s not an abstract concept, it works just like the website will. It is great for Web Developers, Information Architects, Website Owners, and Copywriters. Now you can also export your mockup to HTML and WordPress WXR format! Besides WordPress – which is one of the most widely used Content Management Systems in the world.

PencilProject

PencilProject is a free and fairly powerful Firefox add on tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping. Its an open-source tool which is very popular among designers and developers. It has many built-in stencils for diagramming and prototyping webs and options like multi-page documents, adding external objects, inter-page linking, on screen text editing and exporting to HTML, PNG, Openoffice.org document, Word document and PDF makes this addon very necessary for designer and developer.

WebSite Wireframe Tool

You can build the wireframe in minutes with this particular tool, and if desired, a link to view the wireframe can be sent through email, instant message, or even the phone. The attraction to this tool is the simplicity of usage, lending itself to speed, both in wireframe creation, as well as being able to quickly share the results without having to send anything more than a web address. It is free to register and use, and works in modern web browsers including Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

Lumzy

Lumzy is a quick Mockup creation and Prototyping tool for software designers and developers. As a Mockup tool, you can use it to create a rough sketch of how the final website or application will look like while prototyping extends this by adding event based functionalities. Its totally FREE and its function like send on the go, make it public, collaboration and chat, and quick drag and drop will attract you to use it. And by the way you can export your Mockup to jpeg, PNG and PDF files.

DUB – DENIM

DENIM is a system that helps web site designers in the early stages of design. DENIM supports sketching input, allows design at different refinement levels, and unifies the levels through zooming. It allows designers to quickly sketch an interface using an electronic pad and stylus. Its now available for Windows, Unix, and Mac OS X. You can download it from here.

fluidIA

fluidIA is an emerging agile design tool for prototyping rich user interfaces. It provides support for truly rapid prototyping and changes of interface representations, expression of rich interactions, and collaboration.

Prototype Composer

Prototype Composer is a completely new way of gathering requirements. Prototype Composer makes it possible to see how an application will look and function before any code is ever written. Instead of endless text documents, Prototype Composer makes it easy for business users and business analysts to collaborate on requirements by building simple, high-fidelity prototypes that simulate a working application.

iPhone Mockup

This simple web app allows you to create your own iPhone app mockups, share your mockup with other people, and the changes you make will be synced to everyone who has the mockup’s URL. This app is currently in Alpha and offers no password protection so, you better be careful about the privacy of what you creates.

Please let me know if there are more apps which should be listed. Thanks.

Charts, Frameworks and Platforms, Project Management, Tools, Web Applications

GoGoPlot Helps You Create Graphs To Keep Track On Almost Anything You Do

Posted by Umar Anjum

at August 9, 2010

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Have you ever made use of simple point-to-point graphs? You will be surprised with how useful they can be. Imagine yourself at the doctor’s. You are there because of your backache. The doctor asks you about how severe the backache has been the past week. You show him a graph on which you have plotted the pain degree of every day. It can be immensely helpful to your doctor.

Such point-to-point graphs can be easily made using GoGoPlot.

GoGoPlot is a free to use website that helps create graphs. The graphs have very basic plotting options. You select one point for each day; the value of each point ranges between 0 and 10. The points are joined by straight lines. This simple procedure can help express a number of things graphically.

Suppose you want to record how your mood was through the entire week. All you need to do is create a new graph, name it, and start recording. While creating a plot you can either record a point a day or enter all the values in simultaneously.

After setting your options you can record each value.

Through this way you can obtain graphs of anything you want and review them. You can view multiple graphs simultaneously; they are differentiated by separate colors.

Apple device owners can get GoGoPlot’s app from the App Store and record their plots on the go.

Overall, the service is quite an interesting concept and will surely benefit a good number of people.

Charts, Tools, Web Applications

7 Tools And Applications To Help You Save Electrical Power

Posted by DB

at June 1, 2010

3 Comments →

Leaving our appliances on while we are not using them is a terrible waste of electrical power. There are parts of the world that do not have electricity at all; we should do our part to respect the resources we have and save them whenever / wherever we can.

Below you will find a list of 7 tools to prevent wasting electrical power. I believe that each entry in the list serves a useful purpose; read about each one and choose the one (or more than one) that suits you best.

If you want to share more tools that can Save Electrical Power so please comment about them below. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at smashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter.

1. MonitorOff

MonitorOff

MonitorOff is a freeware application that lets a user fully control when his / her monitor turns off. CRT monitors in particular take up a lot of power. The operating system usually has built in time durations for the screensaver to begin or for the monitor to turn off. But these settings will take a little longer to reach; with MonitorOff we can access / modify al time durations and even setup hotkeys. The application is for Windows and sized at nearly 400KB. Click here to get MonitorOff.

2. SetPower

setpower

SetPower is a unique power management application for Windows that lets us set three different power plans: Balanced, Power Saver, and High Performance. We can edit the details of these plans (such as when the monitor will turn off) as well as assign the times when these plans will come into effect. For different hours of the day, we can assign our computer with different plans, according to our usage. Click here to get SetPower.

3. AppliancesEnergyUse

AppliancesEnergyUse

AppliancesEnergyUse lists the power input of almost 50 household appliances. By finding out how much power we are using simultaneously we can see if we are wasting energy. We can also set a personal power goal for ourselves and vow to never cross that wattage at a given time. Whether or not we are crossing our goal can then be determined by AppliancesEnergyUse. Click here to visit AppliancesEnergyUse.

4. Edison

edison

Edison is an installable application for Windows. It offers the same features as SetPower, with multiple power schemes that can set to be implemented on different times of the day. An additional feature of the application is its ability to estimate the power we are saving and use the electrical unit price to calculate our savings. We can enter our own price was more accurate results. Click here to get Edison.

5. HomeEnergySaver

HomeEnergySaver

HomeEnergySaver is a free to use website that lets us answer a few question to learn our electrical power usage pattern. It then suggests ways in which we can reduce our power usage. We can view the report of each of these suggestions and see how much each would cost. Click here to visit HomeEnergySaver.

6. Microsoft Hohm

microsoft-hohm

Hohm is Microsoft’s version of HomeEnergySaver. It requires users to have a Windows Live ID to register for an account before visitors can use the site’s services. Once the account is formed, we answer elaborate questions so that Hohm can fully understand our power usage patterns. We are then presented with suggestions of how we can cut back on our electrical power usage. Using Hohm’s service is free but restricted to users in the US. Click here to visit Hohm.

7. FuelCharts

fuelcharts

FuelCharts is a free to use website. We can use the site to enter our electricity bills’ amounts over a two years’ period. Bar graphs are created of each bill. These bars provide us with a good enough comparison of our last year’s energy usage and this year’s energy usage. We can change electricity with anything we like (oil, biodiesel, etc.) and achieve an energy comparison for various resources. Click here to visit FuelCharts.

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PocketSmith: Online Calendar To Manage & Forecast Cash Position

Posted by DB

at April 17, 2010

2 Comments →

People with a lot of money hire financial advisors to monitor their spending and point out the rights and wrongs in that spending. The money that is saved from correcting the wrongs is then invested into potentially profitable ventures to benefit the client.

However the percentage of people who are that rich is considerably low. Most people are like me, not rich enough to hire external help. We have to manage our own finances and catch our own mistakes. Doing this single-handedly can be quite a task; an extra bit of help can end up benefiting us a lot.

PocketSmith is a free web service and one of those “extra bits of help” which we can employ to manage our finances. It basically acts as a calendar which we can feed our expenses in and which can forecast our future cash positions.

Once we sign up for a free account, we can start feeding in our budget and begin creating expense events.

pocketsmith

These expense events can be any financial event: our salary date, dates of bills to be paid, etc.

We can then specify which of these events will be recurrent; PocketSmith will use this information to generate to 6 or 12 month cash forecast.

pocketsmith1

The forecast is what helps us plan our budget for the upcoming year. We can make the necessary deductions to our financial events and know what needs to be done to stay within our budget.

Just like we balance our checkbook at the end of month, we can use PocketSmith to juxtapose our expenses with our income.

pocketsmith2

The expenses versus income figures can greatly help us in staying within the limits of our budget. More reliable figures can be gotten by uploading our electronic bank statements and such. The more we share with PocketSmith, the more realistic the resultant figures will be.

We can check the figures per-day-wise for the upcoming year and know if there even a single day on which our cash flow is going in the negative.

PocketSmith is a remarkably friendly tool for computer users that can help planning our budget effectively.

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75+ Truly Useful Tutorials & Colorful Resources For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In March

Posted by AN Jay

at April 2, 2010

10 Comments →

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 75+ Truly Useful Tutorials & Colorful Resources For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

You are welcome to share if you know more best of the web in the month of March which our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter and do not forget to become our fan on facebook as well.

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Need Interactive Charts For Your Personal Website? Try Highcharts

Posted by usamaalam

at March 3, 2010

3 Comments →

If you have a non-commercial website and you need to add charting capabilities in your website, Highcharts may suit your needs. Highcharts is a free charting control developed purely with Javascript so that you can show interactive charts on your website. Since its purely developed with Javascript, you don’t need any special server side technologies like ASP.NET or PHP and no client-side plug-ins are required like Flash or Silverlight.

Highcharts is dynamic in nature. With the support of jQuery and Ajax API, you can dynamically set axes and points of charts at runtime, hence making Highcharts an excellent choice for demonstrating real-time data like Stocks and Forex.

It works with all major web browsers including iPhone and supports a number of chart types, such as:

Line
SplineArea
Areaspline
Column
Bar
Pie
Scatter

Implementing Highcharts just require some basic understanding of Javascript and you don’t need to be an expert programmer having special programming skills in specific languages. The syntax is very simple and the integration is almost seamless.

In addition to all this, Highcharts gives your website an enhanced user experience with interactive moving charts with cool designs and eye-catching colors.

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80+ Incredible Collection Of Inspirations, Tutorials And Resources For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In February

Posted by AN Jay

at March 2, 2010

16 Comments →

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 80+ Incredible Collection Of Inspirations, Tutorials And Resources For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

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