[matplotlib-devel] Interactive Matplotlib in the browser

2012-10-11 Thread Michael Droettboom
I have a proof-of-concept way to make interactive plots in the browser work using transparent PNGs described here: http://mdboom.github.com/blog/2012/10/11/matplotlib-in-the-browser-its-coming/ No PRs yet, because this is miles from ready for that, but it would be helpful to get some feedback

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [IPython-dev] Interactive Matplotlib in the browser

2012-10-11 Thread Jason Grout
On 10/11/12 4:49 PM, Michael Droettboom wrote: > I have a proof-of-concept way to make interactive plots in the browser > work using transparent PNGs described here: > > http://mdboom.github.com/blog/2012/10/11/matplotlib-in-the-browser-its-coming/ > > No PRs yet, because this is miles from ready f

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [IPython-dev] Interactive Matplotlib in the browser

2012-10-11 Thread Brian Granger
It is not clear to me that the stream of PNGs will win in the end. If you make a single static plot of a large data set, that is way better than trying to send the data to the browser and rendering it there. But if you have to send hundreds or thousands of PNGs to get interactivity, that benefit m