Chris Pugh wrote:
>
> I have some quick questions that I could not find answers to in the 
> general archive, but may exist there (apologies in advance if they do):
>
> 1. Volumetrics – can people let me know what type of data volumes have 
> you used with Timeline – 100, 1k, 10k, 100k, more events?
>
I've only tested for around 700 events or so. You should test against 
different browsers that you expect your users to have.

> 2. Sort order – for events with the same start/end date/times, can a 
> sort order be applied, or is it just the order of the events in the XML?
No, the order for events with the same start date/time is unspecified.

> 3. repeated events – is there a way to have an event repeat so it is 
> on the same line throughout the timeline? It can be served as unique 
> events in the XML, but I would like a way to group them on the same 
> line together.
Can you use a separate band and serve these as unique events into that 
band? Would that do the grouping that you want?

> 4. Bubble – has anyone used the bubble as a quick-edit form? E.g. if I 
> have data I would like to update behind the timeline, can I extend the 
> bubble to allow a submit?
You can override the fillInfoBubble function at the end of this file:
http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/api/scripts/sources.js
to render the bubble however you wish.

> 5. Filter/highlight – the filter/highlight function is amazing. Can 
> this be extended to allow filter/highlight of values within a range? 
> E.g. if I have an extended attribute called “units”, could I extend 
> filter/highlight to allow me to put in a min and a max and see only 
> the corresponding entries?
>
> Finally, can a Search be put onto the mailing list to be able to find 
> answers more quickly?
>
I'd love that, too, so I can point to my previous answers :-) Tagging 
would be nice...

David

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