The old version works with java 1.4/1.5 and jogl1.1 but the actual version needs java1.6 +JoGL JSR231 to have good performances and better swing integration. Unfortunately we are still working on a thread deadlock between jogl and swing
FiCell means FIsheye CELL. It also means "String" in french (and it is what is displayed in the fisyehe). It is also the name of a very thin "baguette" in our bakeries
FiCell is a spreadsheet application with novel interaction techniques making it suitable for information visualization
FiCell is a visualization tools inspired from VITESSE but the interaction is different,
the user moves the focus with his mouse cursor. The view is then always zoomed in under the cursor and the user
can use the mouse to interact (select, edit, etc.) with the few magnified cells. The hill view proposes too a
global view the user visualize all the time to move his focus. To highlight the information and break the uniformity
FiCell proposes a colorization tool according to the value of the cell (words or number).
FiCell copy and paste tables with MS Excel and load/save its own file type.
There are two versions of FiCell, so called 1.0 et 2.0. The second version allows to visualize bigger tables (18000 cells for a 1600*1200 screen).
Applet/Test/Java web start
Launch FiCell Application with Java Web Start (very easy if you have Java 1.6beta installed otherwise use the following icon :)
Try the old version working with java 1.5 or even 1.4 (not tryed)