JavaScript Plugin of the Month - jQuery Visualize

Last month (June) we did not have a plugin of the month, yes I know...But since this is a new blog, these types of things are not yet defined. Previously in May, TM demonstrated a jQuery plugin, called DataTables. Which I thought was a really great plugin. There are tons of jQuery plugins out there, so many in fact, perhaps many people might miss out on some good ones. Each month I will make it a goal to highlight a plugin. I will test each plugin to insure I am able to use the plugin and help others to use it. It might not be limited to jQuery though, it could be a new library or some other hidden treasure. I hope everyone likes this idea, if you have a plugin you would like to share, let me know, and I might just post it. This month I am highlighting the plugin called "Visualize" for jQuery. Visualize creates fantastic bar, line, area, pie charts from HTML tables. The only caveat is that this plugin uses the HTML 5 tag "Canvas" which is not yet supported in any version of Internet Explorer. However, there is extra JavaScript which can be used, and especially for this demo, that will allow IE to render the charts just as any other HTML 5 browser would, without the canvas tag. Using this extra JavaScript is acceptable, and I can notice no difference between HTML 5 capable browsers, and IE*. Using IE, you must allow "ActiveX" controls to be run on the page, which can be quite annoying to some IE users, or mistaken as a security risk! All the information on this plugin can be found below: http://www.filamentgroup.com Or you can directly download this plug, and follow the example included: http://www.filamentgroup.com/examples/charting_v2/visualize.filamentgroup.zip For further information on HTML 5 canvas tag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_(HTML_element)