Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | about this site Grokking the infoviz (19 Jun 2003) Now, another kind of software that lets users converse with the data is going mainstream. It consists of programs that help you to visualise large amounts of information. They have made their way into the enterprise software used by large corporations. Interactive charts are showing up on websites. And earlier this year, Groxis, a start-up based in Sausalito, California, released Grokker, an innovative graphical tool that it also sells to consumers for $99. Will 'infoviz', as geeks call the technology, become a killer application, rather as spreadsheets did? Article URL: http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1841120 Read 37 more articles from Economist sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Media: CNET interviews Sterling on Future Privacies This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy