A lot of improvements related with accessibility of charts and maps: tabIndex property added to: AmLegend, AmGraph, Title, Label, AmSlicedChart, ChartScrollbar and ChartCursor. In case you set it to some number, the chart will set focus on this element when user hits tab key (after setting focus on all elements with lower tabIndex). When a […]
We have just released a new version – 3.20.0 of our charts and maps products. Probably the most notable change is the addition of accessibility features. The descriptive WAI-ARIA labels are now automatically added to key elements like chart columns or map areas. This allows vision-impaired users using screen readers get a feel of the […]
After record-breaking nearly two months in the making, version 3.18 is finally out! The main features of this release are dramatic performance enhancements, zoomable/scrollable value axes, pinch-to-zoom gesture support on serial charts, smoother animations, radial gradients in pie charts, and the whole new drop-shaped balloon option. Head over to our Download section to grab the […]
hanglos.nl – a website dedicated to kitesurfing community in The Netherlands – took it to amCharts to visualize their data on weather conditions. The developers pushed the charts to the limit by applying a number of advanced techniques to make the charts both very useful and attractive. This post will outline a few of those. […]
We’re happy to announce that we just released a new milestone Version 3.16 across all amCharts products. If you’re using amCharts CDN, you’re already set. If you’re hosting your own libraries, grab the update from Downloads (free version) or Support area (commercial versions). Revamped touch device support The most notable change is a completely revamped […]
We’re happy to announce that we have just released a new massive update – Version 3.15 across all product lines. Most of the features and fixes in this release came from direct communications from our users. Thank you! Among the most notable ones are: Trend lines now support images. You can use them to add […]
The new 3.15 version of our products brings a significant upgrade to the Export plugin. Among some under-the-hood enhancements it introduces new tools to its annotation mode. In addition to adding curves, you can now add icons, lines, arrows and text. You can now also set opacity for all those objects. And, if you have […]
We have just released a new version 3.14 (or PI as we called internally). And since π is the coolest number, it had to be the most exciting update to V3 product line ever. If you’re eager to get the complete list of changes and updates, skip to the end of this post. Otherwise, here […]
Some time ago we made a little demo where our charting library is used together with box2d physics engine. While working on it, some more thoughts came to our minds. Those eventually materialized into an article on Smashing Magazine. Enjoy!
OK, so you can easily create a bubble map with amCharts, where bubble is placed in the middle of a country area and the size of a bubble depends on some value in your data. That is nice, however what if I want to have those fancy maps which you can find in National Geographic […]