Now that the word is out about the collaboration between Degrafa efforts and Adobe, we’ve been getting plenty of questions regarding the viability of continuing to use Degrafa. People have asked, “Well, with FXG, won’t Degrafa become obsolete?” The answer is no.

Right now we’re finally at a point where we can start moving beyond creating basic shapes, fills, etc. and moving into a realm of really powerful stuff, all of which we’re hoping will extend FXG. With inspiration coming from things like Processing, we’re really focussing on allowing people to do some typically difficult things very easy.

We’ve discussed how you might use Degrafa for various types of data visualization, but with things we’re implementing in Beta 3 you’ll be able to completely change the way you think about charting in Flex. Some people are already taking advantage of the in progress version of Beta 3 to do some really great stuff.

Joe Johnston of Universal Mind created a slick looking chart that mirrors the look you might find on the Nike+ site. Doesn’t look like a typical Flex Charting component does it?

If you were at 360|Flex you may have seen Tom Gonzalez present some of his latest works that use Degrafa. He’s contributed a lot to opening up new possibilities for Degrafa in the data visualization arena. Below is his Google Finance “dashboard” that uses Degrafa for charting, complete with “micro-charts” created using the newly revamped Geometry Repeaters.

Ryan Campbell has also taken a liking to the new Geometry Repeaters and what is possible just using Property Modifiers with them. He combined Degrafa and OpenFlux to create what he’s calling FluxCharts. Definitely cool.

It’s really great to see people start jumping into the next release of Degrafa when it’s still a work in progress. Even better, all these samples have source available.