09.10.2018, 10:44
Here are some Mosaic 3.0 ideas
Initial Mosaic concept was as follows: create visualization maximally fast using regular elements, with minimal customization possibility. It was especially adapted to usage in mobile devices. This approach have some drawbacks:
a. Minimum customization possibility
b. Complexity of customization through custom widgets
c. Limited control elements
Basic concept of Mosaic 3.0: remove all drawbacks without losing possibility to create the visualization very fast. We have added:
a. libraries of visual elements – icons, backgrounds
b. customization possibility of ANY visual element
c. auto-hide of over-sized widgets. E.g. if some widget doesn’t fit into current screen, it is hidden
d. new controls like color picker, calendar picker etc. Now we support almost any possible data input method both for mobile touch and mouse/keyboard input methods
Important change – widget factory. The idea: possibility to create a widget in any size (including full screen) and without borders. It looks as clear full screen visualization.
a. in widget factory we have added all possible controls which was not present in previous Mosaic version
b. each element / control can be fully customized
c. possibility to use visual layers. You can create design in any external graphical system (including animation) and put it under the widget. Rest of widget elements are used as overlay. This approach enables making widgets of any visual complexity
d. one of key features of widget factory – any custom widget / element can be easily exported/imported in the project - you can have a bundle of elements which you can use from project to project
e. we have an idea to provide online widgets exchange service between users. There will be some basic widgets in widget repository made by ourselves. In your project you can install this widget with one-click. During import, all visual elements are intact. Further, there is a possibility in customization of any imported widget (open design)
Added Power BI functionality – concept of adding visual representation in customized widgets. We tried to implement different graphical representation similar to ones available in Microsoft Power BI. Graph generation can be done using any random data-set – internal or external. We have added couple of templates for usage with LogicMachine data, this allow generating data (encoded in JSON) using internal object values or external data-sets.
Added support of SVG with JavaScript. This makes it possible to include an interface which is fully controllable with JavaScript (for advanced users)
Initial Mosaic concept was as follows: create visualization maximally fast using regular elements, with minimal customization possibility. It was especially adapted to usage in mobile devices. This approach have some drawbacks:
a. Minimum customization possibility
b. Complexity of customization through custom widgets
c. Limited control elements
Basic concept of Mosaic 3.0: remove all drawbacks without losing possibility to create the visualization very fast. We have added:
a. libraries of visual elements – icons, backgrounds
b. customization possibility of ANY visual element
c. auto-hide of over-sized widgets. E.g. if some widget doesn’t fit into current screen, it is hidden
d. new controls like color picker, calendar picker etc. Now we support almost any possible data input method both for mobile touch and mouse/keyboard input methods
Important change – widget factory. The idea: possibility to create a widget in any size (including full screen) and without borders. It looks as clear full screen visualization.
a. in widget factory we have added all possible controls which was not present in previous Mosaic version
b. each element / control can be fully customized
c. possibility to use visual layers. You can create design in any external graphical system (including animation) and put it under the widget. Rest of widget elements are used as overlay. This approach enables making widgets of any visual complexity
d. one of key features of widget factory – any custom widget / element can be easily exported/imported in the project - you can have a bundle of elements which you can use from project to project
e. we have an idea to provide online widgets exchange service between users. There will be some basic widgets in widget repository made by ourselves. In your project you can install this widget with one-click. During import, all visual elements are intact. Further, there is a possibility in customization of any imported widget (open design)
Added Power BI functionality – concept of adding visual representation in customized widgets. We tried to implement different graphical representation similar to ones available in Microsoft Power BI. Graph generation can be done using any random data-set – internal or external. We have added couple of templates for usage with LogicMachine data, this allow generating data (encoded in JSON) using internal object values or external data-sets.
Added support of SVG with JavaScript. This makes it possible to include an interface which is fully controllable with JavaScript (for advanced users)