A Comparison of Programming Platforms for Interactive Visualization in Web Browser Based Applications

Author

Lammarsch, Tim ; Aigner, Wolfgang ; Bertone, Alessio ; Miksch, Silvia ; Turic, Thomas ; Gartner, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Knowledge Eng., Danube Univ. Krems, Krems

fYear

2008

fDate

9-11 July 2008

Firstpage

194

Lastpage

199

Abstract

Recently, Web browser based applications have become very popular in many domains. However, the specific requirements of interactive Information Visualization (InfoVis) applications in terms of graphics performance and interactivity have not yet been investigated systematically in this context. In order to assess browser-based application platforms, we provide a systematic comparison of server-based rendering, Java Applets, Flash, and Silverlight from several points of view. We aim to aid InfoVis developers in choosing the appropriate technology for their needs.

Keywords

data visualisation; interactive systems; online front-ends; programming environments; Web browser based application; graphics performance; interactive information visualization programming platform; Animation; Benchmark testing; Graphics; Java; Knowledge engineering; Libraries; Rendering (computer graphics); Stability; Virtual manufacturing; Visualization; Flash; InfoVis; Java; Silverlight; visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Visualisation, 2008. IV '08. 12th International Conference

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

1550-6037

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3268-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IV.2008.34

Filename

4577947