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Surprise: these SXSW Twitter Visualizations are pure JavaScript (Flash-free) (pepsicozeitgeist.com)
14 points by ahoyhere on March 14, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments


Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Those are not good visualizations. The first one gave no indication of whether or not it could be used or clicked. What do the colors mean, does size matter? Something just scrolled off the screen, what does that mean? The one with bars is even more overwhelming and confusing to a user. Too many colors, no clue about interaction.


Impressive and definitely influenced by Amy Hoy's Twistori

http://twistori.com/


Influenced, and created by :D (Both Twitstori, and this site made by Amy Hoy and Thomas Fuchs.


Thanks. I need to work on my sleep deficit.


They certainly feel like Javascript. Partly that's a good thing (I can highlight text), partly it's a bad thing (lots of rough edges).

It's still a great example of how powerful JavaScript can be when used well.


I wasn't surprised ... if it was Flash, there'd be annoying music


What a terrible URI!


it eats quite a lot of CPU :)




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