revamp of read me

README.md

 Description
 ===============
+XChart is a light-weight and convenient library for plotting data.
 
-XChart is a charting API for Java. While several charting APIs already
-exist, most of them require a steep learning curve and the code base
-is bloated, full of too many "features" and/or very outdated. 
-Inspired by SWTCharts, simplicity is prioritized over everything else 
-so you can quickly make a plot and move on. XCharts can be used in
-your Swing, Java EE, and Java SE applications. If you're looking for
-a Java charting API that is easy to use and does not need every feature
-under the sun, XChart is for you.
+Its focus is on simplicity and ease-of-use, requiring only two lines of code to save or display a basic default chart.
 
-Bugs
+Usage is very simple: Create a Chart instance, add a series of data to it, and either save it or display it.
+
+Example
 ===============
 
-Please report any bugs or submit feature requests to [XChart's Github issue tracker](https://github.com/timmolter/XChart/issues).
+    double[] xData = new double[] { 0.0, 1.0, 2.0 };
+    double[] yData = new double[] { 2.0, 1.0, 0.0 };
 
-Getting Started
+    // Create Chart
+    Chart chart = QuickChart.getChart("Sample Chart", "X", "Y", "y(x)", xData, yData);
+
+    // Show it
+    new SwingWrapper(chart).displayChart();
+
+    // Save it
+    BitmapEncoder.savePNG(chart, "./Sample_Chart.png");
+    
+Now go ahead and [study some more examples](http://xeiam.com/xchart_examplecode.jsp), [download the thing](http://xeiam.com/xchart_changelog.jsp) and [provide feedback](https://github.com/timmolter/XChart/issues).
+
+Features
 ===============
+* no additional dependencies
+* ~50KB Jar
+* line charts
+* scatter charts
+* error bars
+* Date x-axis
+* multiple series
+* extensive customization
 
+Getting Started
+===============
 Non-Maven
 ---------
 Download Jar: http://xeiam.com/xchart.jsp
@@ -31,10 +49,10 @@ Add the XChart library as a dependency to your pom.xml file:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.xeiam</groupId>
       <artifactId>xchart</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.2.SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.2.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
-For snapshots, add the following repository to your pom.xml file:
+For snapshots, add the following to your pom.xml file:
 
     <repository>
       <id>xchart-snapshot</id>
@@ -42,11 +60,21 @@ For snapshots, add the following repository to your pom.xml file:
       <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
     </repository>
     
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.xeiam</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xchart</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
 Building
 ===============
 mvn clean package  
 mvn javadoc:javadoc  
 
+Bugs
+===============
+Please report any bugs or submit feature requests to [XChart's Github issue tracker](https://github.com/timmolter/XChart/issues).
+
 Donations
 ===============
 17dQktcAmU4urXz7tGk2sbuiCqykm3WLs6
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