Choosing between YUI Charts or Google Visualization API

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Published on 2010-06-16T03:23:24Z Indexed on 2010/06/16 3:42 UTC
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Hello ,

I'm a bit stuck with which charting library I will use in my project. Im stuck with this two (but also open for other suggestions)

For YUI Charts : Pro : - Very robust and configurable Cons : - Uses flash 9 >, which might potentially be inaccessible for users without up to date flash version - Does not support export to image (for flash versions < 10 only)

For Google Visualization API pros: - small file size for the libraries, - can be exported to static image charts (via separate API call) Cons - limited configuration options

So there, please help me decide. YUI charts has the edge over configuration options but Google Visualization API has the edge in terms of accessibility as it uses SVG to render the grapsh instead of Flash. For users that are hand-cuffed by corporate IT prohibitions , they cant just upgrade their Flash version and the page will not work.

Thanks!

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