Hi All,
Just to give some news about Mondrian. Together with colleagues from
Bern, Lille and Santiago, I have been working on this visualization
engine for quite some times. Although it contains some important bugs
(e.g., popupView) it is fairly stable and usable. The current version
is 2.0-beta.7.
Mondrian is slowly maturing. A short summary of the discussion I had
with Doru and Stéphane today.
Some of the features I would like to see in for Version 3.0 are:
- scalable spring layout (also known as force based layout): this
is a very simple and nice layout that produces amazing results
- add layers: embedding a rendering or a part of it in a layer.
Layers could then be iteratively activated and desactivared. The idea
is to enable the construction of scripts in a very iterative and
incremental way.
- having a small core embeddable in your application
- making Mondrian load graphiz scripts
- having a better help system (à la ProfStef)
- dedicated chapter for Pharo By Example Volume 2
- exporting as PDF
- anti-aliasing
This probably will not happen today or tomorrow, but I just feel
necessary to share this roadmap with you. Some other features are
wanted. Using Rome is one. Open GL is another. There are plenty of
rooms for a very cool visualization engine.
Probably during the holiday period I will consolidate the current
version by fixing remaining bugs and produce 2.0.
Bug tracker: http://code.google.com/p/moose-technology/
Web page: http://www.moosetechnology.org/tools/mondrian
Let's render our dream!
Cheers,
Alexandre
NB: sorry for this cross mailing list post.
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