I have two problems with d3.js right now.
1) I have a hard requirement for IE 8.
2) All d3.js sites look the same.
2 I could get over, I suppose, but I really need something slick, simple & fast that works in IE.
2 I could get over, I suppose, but I really need something slick, simple & fast that works in IE.
Raphael.js is really just a nice way to handle svg, and so it lacks some of the niceties of d3 as far directly tying your visualization to the data. But it's still a great tool.
I've seen that some people tried combination of d3.js and Raphael in order to overcome this issue (for instance: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9559365/raphael-and-d3-js...), but I haven't tried it myself yet. I would be very interested to hear any experiences regarding this particular combination (d3, raphael).