I built Grafar
Languages and libraries
visualization library
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How HN took it
5 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Design: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy API and well-written docs
From 1 comment
Best open source project origin story ever. Hah! On a more serious note though, I can really see this taking off. Easy to use API, well written and easy to follow docs, good…
krono on HN
Good performance, runs smoothly on laptops and phones
From 2 comments
This is awesome! More amazing still is that my Macbook 16" isn't even going into VTOL/Artic emergency space heater mode when playing with the demos! These sort of graphs always…
krono on HNThis is great! And the examples work on the phone just without any issues! Congratulations
SeriousM on HN
Fills a gap for simple 3D plotting in the browser
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing and creating, I have not been able to find easy no-boilerplate 3d plotting in the browser for a while. grafar seems to fit this niche well.
dkatz23238 on HN
Objections
Mobile layout hides visualizations and makes scrolling hard
From 2 comments
Some feedback: show me the result on the front page. It’s a vis lib, but you’re not showing any of the visualizations (at least on mobile). The code sandbox is ok, but it has no…
sillysaurusx on HNLooks neat but browsing the site on mobile is infuriatingly difficult. Tapping the tutorial link under Next Steps does nothing and it's hard to scroll around with the plots so…
withinrafael on HN
Broken links and wrong page title in early version
From 3 comments
I’m on ios/safari, no visualization on the linked page, and the links to the tutorial and api docs don’t work. Tried reloading multiple times.
eCa on HNAlso, the title is "Document" -- not much good for bookmarks :-)
emmelaich on HNGreat work, I might use this in some of my apps. Beautiful and lightweight, keep it up! EDIT: Also, the link on your Github repo is broken.
noofen on HN
Examples are outdated and no gallery page
From 2 comments
This looks neat! I think you really need a gallery page that shows all the kinds of things that are possible. Is there a way to make the background transparent, so you just see…
mkl on HNIt's definitely worth getting a gallery working. I'm absolutely the target market for this and I really want to see it in action... but not quite enough to checkout code, run…
simonw on HN
Requests
Add a gallery page of examples
From 2 comments
This looks neat! I think you really need a gallery page that shows all the kinds of things that are possible. Is there a way to make the background transparent, so you just see…
mkl on HNIt's definitely worth getting a gallery working. I'm absolutely the target market for this and I really want to see it in action... but not quite enough to checkout code, run…
simonw on HN
Support orthographic projection by default
From 2 comments
Maybe it's just me but I think a library focused at visualizing data in 3d space should use orthographic projection as a default. Coll stuff nevertheless.
numlock86 on HNI did use axonometry in the early versions. While it did work well for surfaces with faces, lines and particles floating in 3D space were extremely confusing because you couldn't…
thoughtspile on HN
Transparent background option
From 1 comment
This looks neat! I think you really need a gallery page that shows all the kinds of things that are possible. Is there a way to make the background transparent, so you just see…
mkl on HN
Questions
Can the plot background be made transparent?
From 1 comment
This looks neat! I think you really need a gallery page that shows all the kinds of things that are possible. Is there a way to make the background transparent, so you just see…
mkl on HN
Alternatives named
JSXGraph
From 1 comment
This looks neat! I think you really need a gallery page that shows all the kinds of things that are possible. Is there a way to make the background transparent, so you just see…
mkl on HN
GeoGebra
From 1 comment
This looks neat! I think you really need a gallery page that shows all the kinds of things that are possible. Is there a way to make the background transparent, so you just see…
mkl on HN