ZoomChart Technology
We currently provide a Java Servlet and Applet version of ZoomChart. The default version in the demo is the Java Servlet which can be easily switched to the Applet version.
Advantages of ZoomChart
ZoomChart Applet provides many advantages over the Java Servlet solution that makes our product unique. The key advantage is offering much more interactivity with the user compared to the Java Servlet. In detail this includes:
- User-Friendly Interface - allows user to change chart options easily to access the data you want quickly
- Better User Experience - interface is designed to handle changes in user's chart options without reloading whole page
- Better Performance - can serve simltaneous chart requests quickly as it retrieves data from the server and renders in the browser
- Unique Zoom - allows you to zoom from annual view to intraday in a simple way
- Supports Drillown - additional infromation can be found from drilldowns including hyperlinks to access news or detailed information correlating the data source
- Customisable - highly configurable so can be customised to match your website look and feel
- Exportable - current chart image can be exported to GIF image so it can be printable
Future Technology
In the near future, ZoomChart aims to take advantage of the benefits from Flash, Flex and Ajax. By adapting to these technologies, the future product would deliver further benefits to our clients which includes:
- Better Supported Plug-ins - Flash is well-supported by browers and requires smaller plug-in downloads compared to Java.
- Faster Startup - the interactive chart will load much quicker and consume less CPU.
- Faster Performance - is possible, much quicker than Java.
- Higher Quality Graphics - adapting to Web 2.0 design to promote interactively to make it more it fun and easy to use.
- Better Customisation - including graphic skins, css and xml. Xml also allows the backend to be integrated with server-side data sources.
- Supporting Modular Design - all features can be easily added or remove from custom configuration.
- Supporting Streaming Data Feeds, Charts and Videos
- Supporting Accessibility - to make it useable by all popular web browsers and support
assistive technologies.