Vizzu
Data
charting library
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
5 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.37.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Animated transitions between chart types are neat and well executed
From 3 comments
Just went through the examples -- I thought it was really neat! Often times I want/need to display data in more than one format. Usually I just take up a bunch of page space by…
gavinray on HN> made each parameter interpolable, turning our engine into a generic chart morpher that can continuously interpolate between any charts that can be described on its interface.…
breck on HNSeems pretty straightforward to use. I got it working in Observable here https://observablehq.com/@triptych/hello-vizzu
triptych on HN
Easy to use and works in Observable
From 1 comment
Seems pretty straightforward to use. I got it working in Observable here https://observablehq.com/@triptych/hello-vizzu
triptych on HN
Objections
Example pages are not mobile responsive and the GIF on the front page is misleading
From 1 comment
Looks like an interesting library. It’s cool to see practical examples of C++ drawing via WebAssembly. This is how Figma works and is fast, but Figma isn’t open source. I’m…
jitl on HN
Buttons on the Perspective page are not clickable on iPhone Firefox
From 1 comment
Firefox on iphone, buttons on perspective are not clickable.
antman on HN
Requests
More examples showing animations adding value to storytelling
From 2 comments
> made each parameter interpolable, turning our engine into a generic chart morpher that can continuously interpolate between any charts that can be described on its interface.…
breck on HNLooks like an interesting library. It’s cool to see practical examples of C++ drawing via WebAssembly. This is how Figma works and is fast, but Figma isn’t open source. I’m…
jitl on HN
PowerPoint extension
From 1 comment
I would good money to have something like this in a PowerPoint extension.
rlevy on HN
Questions
Reasons to use it over Chart.js
From 1 comment
Congrats! Any reasons I would use Vizzu apart from the alternatives? I am currently using Chart.js and I am happy with it.
XCSme on HN
Whether data pipelines can be separated from the visualization like dplyr
From 1 comment
> made each parameter interpolable, turning our engine into a generic chart morpher that can continuously interpolate between any charts that can be described on its interface.…
breck on HN
Alternatives named
Chart.js
From 1 comment
Congrats! Any reasons I would use Vizzu apart from the alternatives? I am currently using Chart.js and I am happy with it.
XCSme on HN
Microsoft SandDance
From 2 comments
> made each parameter interpolable, turning our engine into a generic chart morpher that can continuously interpolate between any charts that can be described on its interface.…
breck on HNThey wrote a great paper explaining their "Unit Visualization" concept/approach: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sanddance.pdf IIRC their…
breck on HN
Gemini / Gemini2
From 1 comment
Interesting - with the focus on animations, Vizzu seems most similar to Gemini/Gemini2 https://github.com/uwdata/gemini https://uwdata.github.io/gemini-editor/…
jamessb on HN