google finance chart

22 March 2006

a new web service from google, which includes ~~AJAX~~ Flash-driven, dynamic, interactive graphs (in the typical google visual aesthetic) that users can drag & scroll. see also google analytics & & google zeitgeist.
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infovis . comments (5)

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Small nitpick: they're actually Flash-driven, not Ajax.

Jeff Croft . 22 March 2006

absolutely right, jeff! they used a different platform, although the functionality is not that different from google maps...

infosthetics . 22 March 2006

The graphs use Flash but the updating news items based on what period the graph is currently showing are pure AJAX

angusf . 23 March 2006

Here is the technical note link discussing the actual details of the technologies (Flash + AJAX) behind the application:

http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2006/03/google_finance.cfm

What I find interesting about this is that this is one of the most prominent examples of large corporation with a website which has massive traffic deciding to adopt Flash technology for Rich Internet Application. Flash used to be the annoying intro in the early days - today it's a professional application on Google...

tomasz (tomek) zemla . 26 March 2006

I want to use google finance charts and i am not allowed to download the Flash adobe or the ActiveX control by the Internet Explorer.

LOURDES ZULETA . 23 July 2007

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