Am converting all our CF5 chart templates to CF7, in
preparation for CF7 upgrade in 3 weeks. And have tried the
different versions of Flash, PNG and JPG, as fas as DISPLAY and
PRINTING. Was wondering if my conclusions are the same as other
chart developers out there? From what I can tell:
JPG looks the WORST on the SCREEN, with fuzzier text, and
PRINT quality is the worst. But users can right-click and save the
JPG chart as an image file and use in other documents.
PNG looks the best on the SCREEN, as far as sharper text and
graphics. But doesn't quite look as good when PRINTING as Flash
does (all print modes on HP Photosmart 7960, plain paper, draft,
normal and best quality). But as with JPG, users can right-click
and save the PNG chart as an image and use in other documents.
FLASH looks almost as good as PNG on the SCREEN (somewhere
between PNG and JPG), but looks the best for PRINT, in all modes. I
like the animation when the chart first appears. But users can't
save the chart as an image file right? Or can they? If so, besides
a "screen print", I'm not sure how a user would save a flash chart
as a file.
Lastly, does Flash work/display correctly on users running
Unix/Linux PCs, with Firefox, etc? I can test with Firefox on my
Windows PC, but don't have a full-fledge Unix PC to test Flash
charts.
Based on above, I would probably use PNG format most often,
and Flash for a small percent. Is this what most of you chart
developers are there also conclude? Are there any significant
benefits or downsides I'm missing in the above conclusions? Really
do appreciate any help/advice on this. Got 60 chart templates to
convert to CF7, and would appreciate any advice. Thank you.
Gary