DiggGraphr
[Update 08.30.08: DiggGraphr Desktop is no longer supported as a downloadable app. Please check the web version here]
[Update 09.05.07: Version 1.0 is out. Includes auto updater and inline html control for browsing stories]
[Update: DiggGraphrDesktop has now been ported to AIR]
Welcome to the DiggGraphrDesktop application page. This page will briefly guide you through the feature available on the current version of the application.
Whats DiggGraphr Desktop?
DiggGraphr Desktop is a downloadable version of the DiggGraphr tool. Having it live on the user’s computer allows it to be customizable for the user much more than an online version would. While version 1 only brings minor customization features like the ability to choose the channels you are interested in, the refresh duration of the application and whether you are more interested in the source (dugg page) than the digg.com page, updates to this app will let you watch a story, user, etc. Plus, you get a lot more real estate without the browser chrome and the toolbars.
DiggGraphr is inspired by marumushi’s excellent newsmap tool but uses the treemap algorithm to render Digg stories. The size of each rectangle is proportional to the number of Diggs a story has gotten and as the stories get older, the colors fade to black.
1) Squarified Treemap Layout algorithm for most efficient space allocation
2) Create a custom page by choosing the channels you are interested in.
Click on the customize button and choose the channels you are interested in by selected the check boxes. Dismiss the customize screen by clicking customize button again and your new channels will be rendered.
3) A drop down list of all available channels makes access to other channels faster.
4) Dismiss a story from the layout
Is a particular story taking over most of the screen? Roll over the tile with your mouse and close the story by clicking on the close icon. The map redraws the other stories on the screen.
5) Customize your experience
Choose after how long should the application refresh itself. Should clicking on a tile bring up the Digg page or the dugg website? How many stories do you want to see at once?
[...] I just submitted by entry for the Digg API contest. Building on my earlier DiggGraphr tool, I was fairly easily able to port it to Apollo. I even added some customization features, like refresh interval and stuff. For more details on the application, check out the application page here. Feedback is always welcome [...]
[...] Check out the DiggGraphr application here and digg it if you like it. The TechCrunch article can be found here For more info on DiggGraphr, check the info page here [...]
Hi,
We’d like to embed a version of DiggGraphr in our project, is there source code available?
[...] A quick update for anyone using or interested in DiggGraphr Desktop. I ported the application to AIR today (it was a fairly painless operation requiring changes to just the application descriptor XML file and the parent tag of the application). So go ahead and get the latest build from here. For the uninitiated, the DiggGraphr Desktop application uses the treemap algorithm (with the theme from the newsmap application by marumushi) to render out Digg stories in treemaps. Customization even include auto refresh and custom pages. Details can be found on the application page here. Spread the word: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
[...] I should have posted about this earlier but I have been really slammed with work of late. However I did manage to get away for an evening as the onAir bus rolled into Philadelphia. It was really a cool evening (evenings with free beer usually are) and I did manage to meet a lot of people from the Philadelphia Flash and Flex user groups. The cool part though was the DiggGraphr won an award for the hot air contest run by the Philadelphia Flash UG. I now have the web premium pack from adobe sitting at my desk. sweeeeeet! If you havent tried DiggGraphr yet, try it out and let me know what you think. Spread the word: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
[...] DiggGraphr is finally mature enough for me to give it 1.0 status. I finally got around to implementing the features I have been meaning to for a while, including auto update and inline browsing using the HTML control in AIR. The code for it wasnt difficult but the change in user experience is pretty phenomenal. You can read more about it and grab the latest version from http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/?page_id=63. [...]
Is the source code available? Would be very interested in it …
[...] http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/?page_id=63 [...]
Hi there,
I found your site via the information aesthetics website. Installed in immediately, but then… adobe air told me that your application is nog supported anymore. It requires a older version of Adobe air.
Maybe you can update your application for the latest Air platform?
Maurits
[...] DiggGraphr Desktop – Desktop installation that allows you to Digg stories in treemap format. Each section is color-coded and you can drill down and see stories that would interest you the most. [...]
[...] DiggGraphr Desktop by Arpit Mathur [...]