[ylem]

For work, we had to fork jqplot to add features like heatmaps, zooming, etc.: https://github.com/scattering/jqplot.science

We also have the notion of "interactors" which allow you to add draggable widgets to a plot: http://ncnr.nist.gov/instruments/magik/calculators/calcR_wf....

To see the heatmap in action, you can look at: http://ncnr.nist.gov/ipeek/singleplotwindow.html?instrument=...

There are of course glitches, but hopefully you find some of this useful!

[chenster]

phpChart (http://phpchart.org) is a higher level charting library for jqplot if you don't wan to spend days to learn custom styling and scripting.

[sendmorbutt]

We made a decision to go with phpChart in June. It works well in our use case. We can still add custom javascript when something is outside its offered feature set.