According to Wikipedia, a sparkline is a type of information graphic characterized by its small size and high data density.
They are practically very small tiny charts that can be embedded inline with a block of text.
The plugin allows to generate a chart with just 1 line of HTML or JavaScript code.
jQuery Sparklines has been tested with Firefox 2+, Safari 3+, Opera 9, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 6, 7 & 8.
Here are some key features of "jQuery Sparklines":
· Negative values
· Real-time rendering
· Customize size and colors
· Color maps
· Pre-computed values
Sparkline chart types:
· Pie charts
· Bullet charts
· Line graphs
· Bar graph
· Range graph
· Composite inline graph
· Composite bar
· Discrete
· Discrete with threshold
· Tristate charts
· Box plot
Requirements:
· JavaScript enabled on client side
· jQuery
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· This release adds support for jQuery 1.9.0 along with a couple of other bug fixes.